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.
People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.
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I told all my punk friends, 'If I'm gonna do country music, I'm gonna milk it.'
Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing.
There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.
I've known a lot of people who were punkers who went on to get academic degrees. Very few of them, however, continued their active role in the punk community. Most of them hung up their leather jacket when they did...
I think English punk died in '79 or '80. Maybe '82 at the latest. As far as American punk goes, it wasn't the same as English punk. It wasn't a working-class movement that was protesting the conditions under which this...
Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk rock. The idea of challenging authority is consistent with what I have been taught as a scientist.
I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.
The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.
I don't think the Ramones knew they were inventing punk. They were trying to be rockabilly.
I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
Disco told audiences to dance, while punk told them to be anything but passive. The artists didn't mind; in fact, they encouraged it.
Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself.
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Others treat punk less as a genre and more as a defining identity that shapes an entire life. Explore Identity quotes for related themes.
