Punk Quote by Michael Stipe Download Open image “The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."” — Michael Stipe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Just Voice Point Punk Punk Punk rock Rocks Special Special Just Voice Whole
We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical. — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
Punk may have helped me find my voice and made me realise that I had the right to have one, but it was riot… — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings. — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn't fit in… — Lemmy Copy Share Image
Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
Inevitably, as much as we loved punk rock, our noise was coming from a slightly different place. — David First Copy Share Image
I can't sing that well, but when punk-rock came along, it changed all that. — Jim Carroll Copy Share Image
And I always actually say, 'The Voice' isn't just about trying to find a superstar. We also give a platform to gigging musicians and… — Guy Sebastian Copy Share Image
Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren't dangerous; at worst, they may kill their audience. — Mike Oldfield Copy Share Image
Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point. — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
We don't get groupies.We get teenagers who want to read us their poetry. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
At the [teenage] time, I did have an inkling of my sexuality. And I had an inkling that I was different from other people… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I simply constructed a project to try to snap Kurt [Cobain] out of a frame of mind. I sent him a plane ticket and… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I was vulnerable every day. Every night that I stepped on stage I was laying myself open. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
[Columbia House] magazines were how I found out about the punk world going on in New York. Because of what I read, at the… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
Frankly I'm not great with heroin addicts. I tried heroin, but it was by accident. I'm not great with that level of substance abuse. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
The whole punk ethic was do-it-yourself, and I've always been very literal, especially as a kid. When they said that anybody can do this,… — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
They spoke truth and a lot of people listened… that voice, Kurt we miss you. — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
A wise man once said-'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,' — Michael Stipe Copy Share Image
It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,… — Stephen Mallinder Copy Share Image
My Nirvana experience was much different than the other three guys. For me, it was really new and exciting. I was just a guy… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
For me, creating the clothes of Givenchy is the way to make my tribe. It's related to religion, too, because it's people trying to… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing. — Travis Barker Copy Share Image
To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the middle of… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
Don't crave fame, do what you do and just apply. I don't think many of them here today are that interested in fashion. Perhaps… — Louise Wilson Copy Share Image
I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish.… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
“Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk.” — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The spirit of punk-cabaret is that you feel that you can truly be all of who you are. — Brian Viglione Copy Share Image
I hated myself totally white. So now I cheat. It's my white hair, and I put color there. My grandson says I'm punk. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk… — Thurston Moore Copy Share Image