Punk Quotes

On rebellion, identity, and growing up inside a subculture.

Several lines describe punk as something absorbed early, whether through a brief run playing in a DIY band or time spent around older musicians in the scene. Read more in our Music quotes.

I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.

Quotes by Adam Ant

If it was the '70s, I'd be a punk artist. I was just born into hip-hop.

Quotes by Yung Lean

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I started when I was really young. I was playing with my dad when I was 8 or 9, and I started playing shows then. I had a short stint in a DIY all-girl punk cover band.

Quotes by Verite

My whole life is punk.

Quotes by Tyler Posey

I hate Keanu Reeves. I think he's a punk.

Quotes by Troy Duffy

I'm partial to slouchier, more free clothing. My icon is Patti Smith, so the more rips, the more punk, the more comfortable I feel.

Quotes by Troian Bellisario

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

Quotes by Travis Barker

But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.

Quotes by Travis Barker

We had a heroic attitude to artistic freedom, and we thought normal contracts were a bit vulgar - somehow not punk. But that was the whole point - we weren't a regular record label.

Quotes by Tony Wilson

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop.

Quotes by Tom Morello

I heard 'Get Lucky'; it's just not my taste. It's great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but that whole disco vibe is not really my thing.

Quotes by Tiesto

Daft Punk would not exist if there was no technology.

Quotes by Thomas Bangalter

My favorite punk rock song is 'Linoleum' by NOFX. That's pure harmony, the coolest chord changes.

Quotes by Synyster Gates

I went to UC Berkeley for college, and it was during the period when the whole punk movement was happening.

Quotes by Susanna Hoffs

I'm 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account.

Quotes by Steve Aoki

Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music.

Quotes by Stanley Crouch

I love rap, and I love the angst of hardcore music and punk rock.

Quotes by Sonny Sandoval

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.

Quotes by Siobhan Fahey

I represent a kind of underground, punk side of drag.

Quotes by Sharon Needles

I didn't go to prom because I was too punk.

Quotes by Shamir

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