Books Quote by Mark Lanegan

The first music I loved on my own was punk.

— Ezra Furman

When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.

— Nick Lowe

Then the early punk rock period with Television and the Ramones. That's what I loved- that's what I was listening to immediately prior to…

— Arto Lindsay

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

— Anton Yelchin

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

— Kate Nash

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

— Kurt Cobain

My musical sensibilities were formed around punk rock, that quintessential dilution of an art that's both ugly and lovely at the same time.

— Joshua Mohr

I was really into punk rock but also into musical theater.

— Michelle Visage

I always felt like I had a punk album waiting to be made.

— Ezra Furman

I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music.

— John K. Samson

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

— Gary Oldman

I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands.

— John K. Samson