Friends Quote by Lisa Stansfield

I can't sing that well, but when punk-rock came along, it changed all that.

— Jim Carroll

I've always loved punk music, so it was really cool to do my first punk song.

— Kate Nash

I was in punk bands when I was a kid, and then I would do stand-up in between bands - which wasn't any different…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I started singing before I started talking. And that's the God's honest truth. I think it was something that I've always loved to do,…

— Millie Bobby Brown

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.

— Kurt Cobain

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

On 'Idol,' I understood that everyone wanted to hear my vocals, so I stuck with the ballads.

— Jessica Sanchez

I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me…

— Patrick Stump

I've always loved punk music, since I was in my early teens, since middle school.

— Anton Yelchin

I did perform in punk bands, but it was more about shouting and snarling than about any beautiful music. I enjoyed singing in 'The…

— Mark Strong

I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off…

— Rita Coolidge

My exposure to independent music was via Nirvana and grunge so I'd never gotten into punk. I don't really like that music of Crass,…

— Phil Elverum