Can do Quote by Michael Stipe

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

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

I will always consider myself a punk because of those experiences in high school. It will always be a part of me.

— Fred Armisen

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

— Laura Jane Grace

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

— Andre Agassi

I was a little self-centered gutter punk in the early 1980s and all I wanted to do was diss everybody.

— Anthony Kiedis

Punk gave me the strength to think, "Yeah, you can stand up and be counted, and do what you want in life, and not…

— Steve Diggle

I am very grateful to punk because I was a girl, and I felt like if I got in a band, I'd be kind…

— Chrissie Hynde

I was a total punk. But I was still an outcast, even with the punks and stuff.

— Chuck Mosley

Stray thought for the day: Putting boundaries on how punk should sound/look is the least punk rock thing one can do. Be yourself=Very punk.

— Patrick Stump

I remember being really young - being 13 or 14 - when I first was really excited about punk rock as an idea, and…

— Laura Jane Grace

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