Beautiful Quote by Mark Strong

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

— Michelle Visage

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 was not a punk rocker, absolutely not, but I certainly knew quite a lot of them, and I definitely went to the Mab…

— Jennifer Egan

My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene.…

— Kathleen Hanna

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

— Kurt Cobain

I certainly didn't want to be in a punk rock band, because I had already been in a punk rock band. I wanted to…

— Jeff Ament

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

When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you…

— Kim Gordon

When all my friends were into punk, I'd be singing versions of soul ballads. I thought, 'Oh my God, I don't want them to…

— Lisa Stansfield

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

— John K. Samson

Being in a band was so fun and exciting, but I was just kind of focusing more on performance and wasn't really writing the…

— Domino Kirke

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

— Jim Carroll