317 Punk Quotes for You to Enjoy

I enjoy everything. I actually do listen to everything. In high school, I listened to a lot of metal and punk rock. Tim Schafer

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The New York Dolls did not think of themselves as punk rock. There was no such term at the time. They were just another band in what was called the New York scene. Todd Rundgren

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Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of bourgeois morals. But have things improved since then? Arguably, they've got worse. Tom Hodgkinson

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I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop. Tom Morello

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I was always into bluegrass as a kid. Basically, I like music that has a basic simple structure and that has a lot of emotion and feel. Bluegrass and other old time music fits the bill, as well as what became punk - they both kind of have a similar framework. Tommy Ramone

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We had a heroic attitude to artistic freedom, and we thought normal contracts were a bit vulgar - somehow not punk. But that was the whole point - we weren't a regular record label. Tony Wilson

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

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My whole life is punk. Tyler Posey

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Growing up in San Diego, I can remember going with my brother to see bands like Pennywise and NOFX - good punk bands that were fast and tight. Vic Fuentes

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I love the song 'Into the Night.' It's Roy Orbison meets David Lynch meets Iggy Pop on amphetamines. It has a punk edge that is not HIM, per se. It is super melodic and super '60s, and that is very new to me and it is a sense of achievement to me. Ville Valo

I'm very true to the old punk ethics of honesty and truthfulness and integrity... and still be authentic. Viv Albertine

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I absolutely wasn't going to write a book if it was just going to be about punk. Viv Albertine

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

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I was the first person to have a punk rock hairstyle. Vivienne Westwood

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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. Vivienne Westwood

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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. Vivienne Westwood

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Too much emphasis is put on American roots music when people try and place me. You know, I grew up listening to punk. Will Oldham

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My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends. Winona Ryder

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If it was the '70s, I'd be a punk artist. I was just born into hip-hop. Yung Lean

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I want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour - to introduce the whole sense of freedom one sees in the street into high fashion; to give couture the same provocative and arrogant look as punk - but, of course, with luxury and dignity and style. Yves Saint Laurent

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