Decision Quote by Mark Hoppus

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

— Dexter Holland

Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every…

— Legs McNeil

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the…

— Justin Sane

I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put out music…

— Kathleen Hanna

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.

— Steve Winwood

I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music…

— Daughn Gibson

The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

The whole idea of punk rock is that you're dressing yourself in a crazy leather jacket with safety pins and a Mohawk. The idea…

— Michael Ian Black

We need punk now; we need it more than ever. We need rebellion by youth.

— John Cameron Mitchell

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were very aggressive…

— Bill Ward

Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music…

— Gary Kemp

Punk to me is about fighting for something your passionate about.

— Adore Delano