Being yourself Quote by Patrick Stump

Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.

— Billy Idol

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

— JPEGMAFIA

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

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk is like not about the style, its about the music!

— Avril Lavigne

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

— Charlotte Caffey

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

I think 'punk' should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure.

— Shepard Fairey

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

You can't be a punk all your life.

— Ben Eine

I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything.

— Fred Armisen

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and…

— Greg Graffin

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