Money Quote by Sharon Needles

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

— Adore Delano

You can't be a punk all your life.

— Ben Eine

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

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

— JPEGMAFIA

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 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

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

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

— Joey Ramone

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

— Dexter Holland

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

It's very cliched to go, 'You're not punk.' We don't care if we are, and we don't care if we aren't.

— Joel Madden

There is something familial about punk. There is something positive. Even though some punk is destructive, nihilistic, explosive.

— Julien Baker