Attitude Quote by Shavo Odadjian

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.

— Caitlin Moran

I was into the Ramones, Bad Brains, all of that, when I was in high school.

— Lil Jon

Punk can be a mental ghetto. People get into it and make all these rules and pretty soon they're worse than born again Christians…

— Jesse Michaels

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big…

— Matthew Lillard

Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great…

— Justin Sane

We grew up listening to so much hardcore: everything from the very early D.C. stuff - Teen Idols, Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, SOA, Government…

— Davey Havok

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were very aggressive…

— Bill Ward

Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

— Mike Watt

I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on…

— Travis Barker

I'm a huge fan of sing-songy lyrics and loud guitars. Whatever punk band does that gets a gold star!

— Kim Shattuck

Black people created punk - the band Death was way before The Ramones. Same with Bad Brains. If you think about it, the wool…

— Princess Nokia

I never understood why the metal heads in my school hated the punks.

— Trevor Dunn