Quotes About Subculture

The only thing more pitiful than a middle-aged punk is a white Rastafarian. I did meet one of those once, and he was lonelier than I was.

I've got tattoos, I'm subculture. Some kind of post-teen bag lady, that's me.

When you were a Goth, it was important to at least imply the possibility you might burst into flames in direct sunlight.

I don't think punk fashion is a specter or overemphasized - it made a big impression, as there had never been anything like it before.

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

When punk picked up black leather, I put it down.

I was really into punk. I was 11 years old; I had a blue mohican.

I was the only punk rocker at my high school. And there were at least a handful of black kids who liked hip-hop. Both were kind of the new music of the day, and it was lonely being the only punk.

In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair.

I didn't go to prom because I was too punk.

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

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

A lot of people don't know that the Go-Go's came from the L.A. punk scene.

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

MySpace was so punk.

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

Punk helped musical fringes get attention. Stuff like Nirvana could never have happened without it.

For us, punk rock and even hardcore music was something we did because we didn't fit in in high school. We had nowhere to go, so we went to shows.

I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!

It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish there would be one big change like that again, but I don't know if that'll ever happen.

I was the only real punk rock kid in my school, with, like, the plaid pants and the Rancid t-shirt.

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

There's a thing in the U.K., particularly in London, where it's kind of the idea of subculture and counterculture and the outside and the idea that it's great to be a freak, and the freak always wins. So I think English girls are a lot less scared of being the freak or looking like an idiot.

The one thing I got right was that I already looked like a punk when punk arrived.