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“Of course.. some people, me included, believe that punk is just the most recent manifestation of this, this spirit, this feeling, you know, that…

— Audrey Niffenegger

“You ain't no punk, you punk You wanna talk about the real junk?”

— Lux Interior

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

— Henry Rollins

It's very cliched to go, 'You're not punk.' We don't care if we are, and we don't care if we aren't.

— Joel Madden

“Punk is an attitude. Hardcore is a lifestyle. the first seeks to subvert society. The second aims to live outside of it.”

— Everett True

“Punk rock is very, very much like Catholicism. It gets you when you’re young, you probably hate it at some point, but it never…

— Frank Turner

“Like my outfit? I’m going for counterculture. By showing up to a punk rock concert in the least punk-aesthetic outfit possible, I’m the most…

— Alexandra Martin

“In reality punk people are usually the gentlest, kindest folks you'll ever know. They're like hippies, only they wear way more black.”

— Kate Rockland

“You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man." Then a dull popping sound and a quiet splash.”

— George P. Pelecanos

“Hardcore without punk isn't music, it's a genre of porn. And punk isn't a genre of music, it’s a thought process.”

— Dominic Owen Mallary

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

— Joey Ramone

“You know what punk is? a bunch of no-talent guys who really, really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music, nobody plays…

— Gordon Korman