Courses Quote by Quentin S. Crisp

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s.

— Jello Biafra

1991 for some people was a significant year in terms of punk rock. It was the year "punk broke".

— Ian MacKaye

Punk rock was the tsunami that threatened to drown us all in 1977.

— Pete Townshend

What characterized the whole punk scene for me in 1977 was there was no racism or sexism. It was an anarchy of -isms, and…

— Chrissie Hynde

The only punk that I really care about and am an expert on is the original punk of 1976 to 1979.

— Martin Popoff

Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. Kids were getting involved in causes like…

— Keith Allen

The 1970s was probably the most exciting decade to be a teenager, from discovering Little Richard at the end of the 1960s to glam…

— Boy George

I mean, in 1979 I was seven. I do remember punk, though, as a playground phenomenon, and remember that it was exciting to us.…

— Quentin S. Crisp

Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.

— Julie Burchill

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

Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear. We could do great…

— Boy George

Punk was a very liberating force.

— Jim Kerr