Punk Rock Quotes
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The whole point of the punk-rock thing was that "We're not special. We just have a voice."
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I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends.
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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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When I joined, they were like "Woah, dude!", because I came right out of that type of playing. But obviously with P. Roach there's more groove. I like doing those slower big fills, but I also like injecting some of that punk rock urgency. But I definitely need to mix it up, because if I was playing all fast fills all the time, it just wouldn't work.
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This hair has a reputation of being stereotypically punk rock, and I'm the girliest person you'll ever find so it took a while for me to figure out how to convey my style. I never wear black very often anymore, all the colors I wear are extremely soft and lovely.
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A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.
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Looking back on the production of 'Nevermind,' I'm embarrassed by it now.' It's closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock record.
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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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When I was growing up I never babysat. I was considered to 'punk rock' to be trusted with kids.
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Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.
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In fact, punk rock means exemplary manners to your fellow human beings.
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Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.
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The punk-rock ethos was "Do it yourself. Anyone can do this. We're not sent from the heavens."
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Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'.
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Punk rock isn't supposed to be for everyone. There is that sort of private club mentality, which is necessary. It keeps things from getting watered down and boring.
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I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
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I was a nerdy punk-rock kid.
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Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.
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I encourage you to find your punk-rock, your lucha-libre, your pro-wrestling
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Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.
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I’m in a band. I don’t go to church every Sunday. I love punk rock music. Sometimes I use swear words a lot. I respect and admire gay men and women. I’m obsessed with horror films. I know what shame feels like. And guess what old man? Jesus is still my Savior.
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Skating is what got me into punk rock.
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I had already been a part of the punk-rock subculture, so I was already searching for something to express my anger.
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Once I got into punk rock, I started mail-ordering albums, because a lot of the record stores in my area didn't carry the punk bands from England or Sweden or Chicago or Los Angeles.
