Age Quote by Lester Bangs

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.

— Jello Biafra

I think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure.

— Shepard Fairey

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

— Malcolm Mclaren

Anything that's new wave is new. As far as punk rock goes, I've never really been exposed to any.

— George Thorogood

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person…

— Greil Marcus

Punk music is rebellious.

— Theophilus London

Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself.

— Dexter Holland

Punk is no longer a subculture or a counterculture in any way. It's totally just a small reflecting mirror for the same things that…

— Geoff Rickly

In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings.

— Joe Strummer

People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing.

— Kurt Vile