Quotes About Punk

The Knack were a very, very powerful band, and you got to understand, when they came in, all the punk stuff was still going on. There was an amazing conflict within the scenes.

I was an anarchist punk, and I think, in many ways, I still am.

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.

Long before punk entered my life, I loved scary films and stories.

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.

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!

By the '80s, anything to do with punk was perceived as rancid. Me being known as the 'punk poet' meant my work and I plummeted.

I felt more and more like I was putting on an act - like I was being shoved into this role of 'angry white man in a punk band.'

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

I think that my biggest influences are electronic acts. Daft Punk is probably my number 1, then Kanye West would be number 2 after that.

I don't really have a specific style, it changes every day depending on who I am with, or the place I am near. In London, it's a bit more punk.

There is something familial about punk. There is something positive. Even though some punk is destructive, nihilistic, explosive.

The whole 'anniversary of punk' thing really compounded what I thought was wrong. I was so disillusioned. I remember thinking, 'I don't want anything to do with this.'

I was in bands all through my youth. Things started out more acoustic and then piano ballads. Then R&B followed by sappy pop music and then rock, punk and heavy metal.

There's an irony about making a film about punk because punk isn't supposed to have feature films made about it.

It's like our little thing: you can take the girl out of the punk, but you can't take the punk out of the girl.

Being in a band is being punk, no matter what. You have to dedicate your life to it.

I've always liked Iggy. He did an album, 'New Values,' in the punk days that I played to death. When you see him live, the way he moves, what he does - nothing is planned.

I've been a fan of Bad Brains ever since I can remember. They are iconic pioneers of punk, not just the music but the attitude.

When I got involved in the punk scene, my notion of what a career was changed. I realized that a career in the arts was actually about having the people and community to support you making your art.

A lot of bands have to change what they sound like, but we are exactly the band that we want to be: a pop band, definitely, but we've got a rock and punk edge.

I love the spirit of early pop punk and we incorporated that into our earlier albums.