Art Quote by Raymond Pettibon

My drawing came out of editorial-style cartoons. Music was one thing and art was another, and there weren't really any standards for my art.…

— Raymond Pettibon

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

In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was…

— Alison Moyet

You can't be a punk all your life.

— Ben Eine

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

I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put out music…

— Kathleen Hanna

I was a suburban kid who fancied myself somehow intellectual. I was into punk rock but I couldn't get into the subcultural signifiers of…

— Ezra Furman

I turned to punk because I didn't fit in anywhere else.

— Laura Jane Grace

I was into punk, but I didn't go whole-hog. A lot of kids who grew up in small towns that were into punk music…

— Daughn Gibson

My aim was to dismantle this false history that men created punk, because they didn't. And they were certainly never the best at it.

— Hunx

Punk to me is about fighting for something your passionate about.

— Adore Delano

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

— Ian Brown