Art Quote by Tony Wilson

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 think that on paper we did make so many of the classic mistakes that a punk band makes, signing to a major label,…

— Laura Jane Grace

Even though were not the most punk rock band, the way weve done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a…

— Brandon Thomas

Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a…

— Brandon Thomas

Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no reasonable person…

— Greil Marcus

To begin with, the key principle of American indie rock wasn't a circumscribed musical style; it was the punk ethos of DIY, or do-it-yourself.…

— Michael Azerrad

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

— David Byrne

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

It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,…

— Stephen Mallinder

In the beginning, the punk scene was so full of promise. All the bands were different, and all the sounds were different. The common…

— David Vanian

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.

— Steve Winwood

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