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The whole idea of punk rock is that you're dressing yourself in a crazy leather jacket with safety pins and a Mohawk. The idea…

— Michael Ian Black

We need punk now; we need it more than ever. We need rebellion by youth.

— John Cameron Mitchell

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

— Adore Delano

The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that…

— Vivienne Westwood

That's what real punk is about - doing it yourself and building a community where people share ideas and share creativity.

— Ad-Rock

I thought that punk in its original state was a revolutionary movement. But like surrealism, it failed in its revolutionary attempt.

— Alex Cox

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

— John Lydon

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk music is rebellious.

— Theophilus London

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

It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves…

— Vivienne Westwood

My aim was to dismantle this false history that men created punk, because they didn't. And they were certainly never the best at it.

— Hunx