Able Quote by Rick James

'Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls,…

— Iggy Pop

Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself.

— Dexter Holland

Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external…

— Kurt Cobain

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

— JPEGMAFIA

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 rock should mean freedom, liking and excepting anything that you like. Playing whatever you want. As sloppy as you want. As long as…

— Kurt Cobain

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

— Malcolm Mclaren

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

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

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

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

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the…

— Justin Sane