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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.

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

Quotes by Adam Ant

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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

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My whole life is punk.

Quotes by Tyler Posey

Culture Quotes

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

Quotes by Troy Duffy

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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

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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

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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

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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

Emotion Quotes

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

Quotes by Tom Morello

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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.