Punk Quotes
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Punk Quotes & Sayings
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The alt-right 2016 is like punk rock 1977: it's daring, new, socially unacceptable, inevitable, and scaring the crap out of everyone.
— Michael Stutz
I can't think of any punk who's put on an acoustic and hasn't just tried to sound like James Taylor.
— Buzz Osborne
I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.
— Jenny Eclair
Popularity is like a girl in class that you can't ignore. She give you eyes when no one looks then turns to her friends and laughs some more.
— Brian Joyce
My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little ... I think that's where the tie comes from.
— Gary Allan
Punk is like not about the style, its about the music!
— Avril Lavigne
Style has always been very important to us. We grew up in the '70s. Music was glam rock, punk rock and a very stylish movement.
— Nick Rhodes
Is he under the influence or something?
— CM Punk
Couples swayed and embraced to the beat as the singer's vocals soared above a group of confused teenagers and twenty-something's.
— Brian Joyce
I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
— Caitlin Moran
I am an old punk.
— Dee Dee Ramone
The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.
— Greg Graffin
Security, we have a jumper! Security?
— CM Punk
Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music.
— Stanley Crouch
When approaching me in public, do not be rude. Say please. Introduce yourself. Have manners. Be considerate. Otherwise you'll be disappointed.
— CM Punk
There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.
— Greg Ginn
I love punk rock, but I also love metal.
— Penelope Spheeris
Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.
— Jello Biafra
I have no life there if you're not in it. You're part of everything good I've ever done, Ryen. Please.
— Penelope Douglas
We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
— Flea
This is not the Spanish announce table!
— CM Punk
I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
— Yann Tiersen
Initially, electronic music was anti-establishment, as punk rock and rock n' roll were. The music was shut down; the police were against the parties.
— Thomas Bangalter
And no matter how tough he acts, the stress of whatever situation he's in is in there somewhere. Buried deep or right underneath the surface.
— Penelope Douglas
Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.
— Henry Rollins
Clockwork Vendetta is not steampunk; it is steamfun. I can't take myself so seriously as to write something truly punk in the true sense of the word.
— Gabbo De La Parra
Growing up in the suburbs, I used to listen to punk rock, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday. And no one from my high school listened to it.
— Halsey
Being in love is totally punk rock.
— Joey Comeau
But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.
— Travis Barker
See, Josh, that's what you do when someone slaps you in the face. So the next time it happens to you, try to retaliate.
— CM Punk
The jocks that used to stuff me into a locker when I was a punk rocker are my best buddies now.
— Jonathan Evison
Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.
— Mary Harron
So what you have to ask yourself is: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" That's
— James Patterson
Until you announce me as the #1 contender for the WWE Championship, I suggest you watch me make snow angels.
— CM Punk
Do ya' feel lucky, punk?
— Clint Eastwood
What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it.
— Peter Hook
My go-to necktie is jet black, skinny, and simple. It goes with everything. I really like that mod-ish punk look.
— Nigel Barker
Dream-start with dream. Start tonight-become who you want-dream big!" He became animated at this point, "No money needed for dreams. Dreams are free.
— Brian Joyce
The word bollocks seems strong, punk rock, and imposing, but in reality, bollocks is always too tame to make much of an impact.
— Jennifer Harrison
I am the voice of the voiceless.
— CM Punk
Punk's not dead, it's just at K-Mart.
— John Rzeznik
Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean, is not sitting 'round and waiting for the lights to go green
— Frank Turner
He was a punk, she did ballet. What more can I say.
— Avril Lavigne
I've always worn jewellery but for a time it went out of fashion. Like grungy and punk bands didn't wear jewellery because it was stupid.
— Tom Jones
Like punk?" She wrinkled her nose. She could stand a few Dead Milkmen songs, but other than that, she hated Park's punk music. "I
— Rainbow Rowell
I was in punk rock bands, heavy metal bands, world music bands, jazz groups, any type of music that would take me. I just love music.
— Reggie Watts
I am STILL better than you. Because I AM drug free, I AM alcohol free, and I'm straightedge.
— CM Punk
The popularity of punk rock was, in effect, due to the fact that it made ugliness beautiful.
— Malcolm McLaren
I wasn't trying to get into any trouble behind these crazy ass niggas, but at the same time, I wasn't about to act as if I was a punk, either. I
— Tynessa
Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool.
— David Pajo
The best thing you can probably do is keep a low profile, keep your eyes and ears open, your mouth shut, and you will learn a ton.
— CM Punk
I've learned some of the greatest life lessons from growing up in the skate and punk rock communities.
— Mark Hoppus
Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I don't need the Offspring to remind me how gorgeous I am.
— John Lydon
The price of coming from a small town is that everyone knows your story. Your book has been read, shelved, dusted, and re-read by everybody.
— Brian Joyce
The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.
— Henry Rollins
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
Like punk rock, like Jackson Pollock, like Jack Kerouac, it was truly human, a mix of perfect beauty and cathartic error.
— Yann Martel
After all this time I found that the novel is in fact punk rock.
— Craig Ferguson
You'd figure he'd go do something with his life, like maybe he could enlist and actually become a marine!
— CM Punk
If I have any kids, I'm going to dress them in all black and if someone asks, 'awe, is it a boy or a girl?' I say 'it's a punk.
— Unknown
The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
This is how diseases are usually spread. Someone spits on a guy, somebody has sex with a chimp. Next thing you know ... AIDS.
— CM Punk
I did try out for football and wrestling but they wouldn't let me on the teams because I had blue hair.
— CM Punk
I've always been me. The last three weeks of my career, I've cut some of the best promos I've ever cut, and I do consider myself to be a promo guy.
— CM Punk
For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.
— Billie Joe Armstrong
The bands you like and know that are French are always outsiders in the French music industry - Daft Punk, Air.
— Laurent Brancowitz
By many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso.
— Robert Quine
The pink tips were pure punk, but the bleach blond roots were positively Malfoy-esque.
— Cookie O'Gorman
For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.
— Donatella Versace
Punk became a circus didn't it? Everybody got it wrong. The message was supposed to be: Don't follow us, do what you want!
— John Lydon
I had choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the unicorns and puppies.
— Magenta Periwinkle
I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all.
— Billy Bragg