Able Quote by Stephen Mallinder

I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made…

— Jello Biafra

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

I think what we took away from first hearing about the punk stuff in England and then the early American punk stuff was a…

— Ian MacKaye

Punk helped musical fringes get attention. Stuff like Nirvana could never have happened without it.

— Toyah Willcox

In many ways, I have no idea what would have become of me if punk hadn't happened, because the '70s turned out to be…

— Jello Biafra

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

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

When we started playing our music, there weren't really many bigger punk bands. We wrote for ourselves. We weren't expecting to get a record…

— Chad Gilbert

I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me.

— Edwyn Collins

I guess, for me, what started me getting real excited about music was the New York punk and new-wave scene. All those bands looked…

— Dean Wareham

Certainly for me, when punk exploded in the 1970s, it was just great. We had these wonderful clothes to wear. We could do great…

— Boy George

I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music.

— Kurt Cobain