Quotes About Freedom

The bottom line is: If any government has a rule that would legally allow it to punish people for things that don't deserve punishment, then that law should be scrapped or changed.

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

Rip Rig + Panic that I joined, they were really influenced by jazz and blues and punk. So I think what happened from punk, which was kind of DIY, was that it created a kind of creative place that was kind of without limits, in a way.

What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it.

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 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.

Punk inspired me.

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.

I turned to punk because I didn't fit in anywhere else.

I can't live in a world of dullards. So I think on that level, I'm definitely punk.

Punk was a very liberating force.

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

I never wanted to be part of any scene, I never wanted to be a part of anything, I wanted to do my own thing. Those are the lessons I learned from punk rock.

Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves.

We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s.

To me, punk rock isn't a style of music, it's something you live.

I'm not anybody's puppet.

Now that I'm not a puppet for some director, the Hyneman is free to explore the world at large.

I'm not a puppet in anyone's hands.

I'm not here to be a puppet, if you will.

Puppets can get away with saying things that human beings can't. Because they are cartoonish just to look at, they're not real, you can assign them insane things to feel and vocalize.

Would any one believe that I am master of slaves by my own purchase? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them.

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.

When I'm doing drag, I get to just be a pure channel for it.