Punk Quotes
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I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.
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I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.
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From what I see, nowadays punk and anarchy are still connected with "fast loud music by smelly drunk chaos-people" and, yes, I know I'm over-generalizing here. So when the occasional venue still describes us The ex as "anarchopunk" that's a real bummer, since it attracts an audience that expects a kind of music - which we don't play - and it keeps away another audience that actually might have liked it when they would have come. That's a pity, for both them and us.
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I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
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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.
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I like a little bit of punk mixed with a little bit of feminine.
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After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.
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We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks didn't know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn't worry about what anyone was going to think.
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I was still doing the punk thing, but also playing in some indie bands, I had a less crazy hairstyle.
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Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.
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I've always talked a lot on stage - I really wanted to communicate my ideas and when you're playing at a lot of shitty punk clubs they don't have good PAs and so no one knows what you're singing about.
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I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.
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Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
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Punk is always something that's going to be with us and to try and explain that would be stupid at this point.
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It's weird for me to try and write punk songs - I'm almost scared of it.
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Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.
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I started buying vinyl records when I got into punk music because, in the punk scene in New Jersey, vinyl was more like a necessity than a luxury.
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
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Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority that came before you. That's consistent with the punk rock ethos that suggests that you should not take what people say at face value.
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When I've met people that work in any walk of life they say, "If it wasn't for punk I wouldn't be doing it this way." I think spiritually, it did change the world a lot.
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A lot of people in the U.S. used to say punk really didn't change anything, but I think it did. It was an intangible thing, not a visible thing. It took us through to a new phase of music and a way of seeing things.
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When I was growing up I never babysat. I was considered to 'punk rock' to be trusted with kids.
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Punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it in the first place.
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Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism.
