Quotes About Rebellion

Is punk dressing up in leather jackets? No. It's having a counter-cultural perspective.

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

I will always, no matter what, be a punk more than anything.

I was actually late to the punk movement because I was too young.

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

Disco told audiences to dance, while punk told them to be anything but passive. The artists didn't mind; in fact, they encouraged it.

My whole life is punk.

Punk was such an exciting time because there were no rules. You could go and knock on Sun Ra's door - and he was in the phonebook, under Ra!

I still live very much by punk ethics, but in a more grown up way.

I know a little about CM Punk in that he does his own thing. I'm inspired by people who do that in their own life. That they just do their own thing no matter what the consequences are.

I was in punk bands when I was a kid, and then I would do stand-up in between bands - which wasn't any different from my singing.

The first music I heard that made me put away my comic books and make music was original punk.

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

Punk inspired me.

Everyone knows queers and women invented punk.

Even within the context of the alternative scene I was a part of, within punk and hardcore and the alt scene, there was a focus on self-destruction.

Lita was the perfect blend of pretty and punk, Lucha with a gothic edge and a high-flyer who could take on anyone, anytime, anyplace. She truly was ahead of her time.

I was into this one guy that was like, punk and cool and rock 'n roll. So I went out and bought black high top Converse.

The first music I loved on my own was punk.

I first got into music when I heard punk, and it was saying maybe it's OK if you don't live up to the expectations various authorities have for you.

MySpace was so punk.

I'm a huge fan of sing-songy lyrics and loud guitars. Whatever punk band does that gets a gold star!

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

I always like to play in beautiful cathedrals, when I can somehow get access to do a punk show there.