I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.

I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me.

When skateboarding and punk merged, it really became a large teen subculture.

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

When I look at it now, the whole punk thing is sort of comedy in a weird way.

I've always loved punk music, so it was really cool to do my first punk song.

I was a total punk. But I was still an outcast, even with the punks and stuff.

In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.

I have a karaoke punk band called The Ungrateful Dead, but we don't exist yet.

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.

I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.

I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.

Pup, who's like the most amazing, they're keeping rock 'n' roll and punk alive.

Punk music is perfect for me because I'm not, like, a master at any instrument.

I absolutely wasn't going to write a book if it was just going to be about punk.

Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself.

I've always loved punk music, since I was in my early teens, since middle school.

Can’t clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don’t punk out. Make it count.

I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.

My haters are laughable punks, my supporters the greatest people that ever lived.

When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.

The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that

If I had a good scream, like Frank Black, I'd be doing punk music, 'cos I love that.

People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing.

The spirit of punk-cabaret is that you feel that you can truly be all of who you are.

Punk is all about doing what you want and being yourself. And that's what rap is too.

I started an all-girl punk band when I was 14, and I was the drummer, not the singer.

I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

I have an aversion to taking care of my gear, a wayward manifestation of my punk ethos.

In my mind I still qualify as punk, though I know four out of five punks would disagree.

I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

I just find social media such a robotic experience, whereas punk was right in your face.

The older I get, the more of an anarchist I become, and I don't mean in a punk rock way.

People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.

I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.

We like to combine genres. Theo grew up listening to punk, and I love Christina Aguilera.

When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.

Everyone knows robots write the best books and make the best music. Just look at Daft Punk.

As I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music.

Growing up in Orange County, it was all O.C. punk, L.A. punk. Black Flag, all the SST stuff.

When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks.

The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band. Just as a band band.

The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.

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