Attitude Quote by Tim Commerford

To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.

— Shavo Odadjian

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

— Justin Sane

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock.

— Henry Rollins

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

— David Byrne

Punk is just as much a form of folk music as anything is!

— Michelle Shocked

I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music.

— Travis Barker

People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?' Here's how I define punk: It's a free space. It could be called…

— Ian MacKaye

There are all the offsprings of people who are influenced by punk. It sounds completely different - but it's still rock 'n' roll. When…

— El-P

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 rock is being honest, believing in yourself and doing what you gotta do. That's all.

— Marky Ramone