Childhood Quote by RuPaul

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

We're herded into schools and terrified into behaving. Taught how we're supposed to pretend to be, taught to parrot all kinds of nonsense at…

— Marge Piercy

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

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 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

We need punk now; we need it more than ever. We need rebellion by youth.

— John Cameron Mitchell

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

“The societies kids naturally form are tribal. Gangs, clubs, packs. But we're herded into schools and terrified into behaving. Taught how we're supposed to…

— Marge Piercy

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

— Laura Jane Grace

What we get in punk these days is the "anti-anti": Someone comes up with something, then the next generation is against that, and then…

— Geoff Rickly

Punk gave us an engine and it taught us to be self-fulfilling.

— Andi Oliver

What people don't understand is when punk started it was so innocent and not aware of being looked at or being a phenomenon and…

— Siouxsie Sioux