Areas Quote by Richard Hell

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

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

— Patrick Stump

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

— John Lydon

I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with…

— Jello Biafra

People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing.

— Kurt Vile

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 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

Punk is no longer a subculture or a counterculture in any way. It's totally just a small reflecting mirror for the same things that…

— Geoff Rickly

Punk music is rebellious.

— Theophilus London

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

— Henry Rollins

“Punk has been portrayed as music by and for angry white males, but in its inception, it was a rebellion against all rock cliches.…

— Alice Bag

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