Punk Quotes (283 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Neil Young
„When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.“
― Neil Young ―
Picture of quotation author Yelawolf
„Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.“
― Yelawolf ―
Picture of quotation author Adam Yauch
„I kind of remember a friend of mine saying, like, you guys should make a rap record. You know, because we were already making punk records. We were a punk band. And I kind of thought, that's crazy.“
― Adam Yauch ―
Picture of quotation author Steve Winwood
„Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.“
― Steve Winwood ―
Picture of quotation author Hayley Williams
„People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.“
― Hayley Williams ―
Picture of quotation author Hayley Williams
„I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock.“
― Hayley Williams ―
Picture of quotation author Jane Wiedlin
„I made the big turnaround in the early Nineties when I started hearing all the tenth generation punk bands like Green Day and Offspring and all those people. It just made me fall in love with punk again and remember my roots, and since that time I've always wanted to do more of that kind of music again.“
― Jane Wiedlin ―
Picture of quotation author Jane Wiedlin
„The whole punk scene is, of course, responsible for the Go-Go's ever getting created. Because before punk rock happened, you couldn't start a band if you didn't know how to play an instrument. But when punk happened it was like, 'Oh, it doesn't matter if you can play or not. Go ahead, make a band.' And that's exactly what the Go-Go's did.“
― Jane Wiedlin ―
Picture of quotation author Jack White
„I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.“
― Jack White ―
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„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.“
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„I was so upset with what was going on in the world. I just couldn't stand the idea of being people tortured and that we even had such a thing as war. I hated the older generation, who had not done anything about it. Punk was a call-to-arms for me.“
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government.“
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion.“
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„When we started to do punk, we put all of these things together to create the look of an urban guerrilla - a rebel.“
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„My son has followed fashion since he was a punk. He and I agree that fashion is about sex.“
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle.“
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.“
Picture of quotation author Vivienne Westwood
„I didn't consider myself a fashion designer at all at the time of punk. I was just using fashion as a way to express my resistance and to be rebellious. I came from the country, and by the time I got to London, I considered myself to be very stupid. It was my ambition to understand the world I live in.“
Picture of quotation author Florence Welch
„Growing up, I always wanted to be in punk bands, so I'm really enjoying the harder, heavier element. It's always been my dream to have people moshing at my gig, kind of that really feral element of the music coming out more. I love crowd-surfing.“
― Florence Welch ―
Picture of quotation author Gerard Way
„People have evolved into something selfish, greedy and intolerant. People are unaccepting, because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation... I've seen it in punk clubs, and I've seen it in the world.“
― Gerard Way ―

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