Being Quote by Marky Ramone

Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'

— Joe Strummer

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

Punk is all about doing what you want and being yourself. And that's what rap is too.

— JPEGMAFIA

Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock.

— Henry Rollins

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

— Dexter Holland

All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.

— Joey Ramone

To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.

— Shavo Odadjian

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

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Being in a band is being punk, no matter what. You have to dedicate your life to it.

— Charlotte Caffey

'Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls,…

— Iggy Pop