- Nov 07, 2020
Punk Quotes
On rebellion, identity, and growing up inside a subculture.
Several lines describe punk as something absorbed early, whether through a brief run playing in a DIY band or time spent around older musicians in the scene. Read more in our Music quotes.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My whole life is punk.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hate Keanu Reeves. I think he's a punk.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm partial to slouchier, more free clothing. My icon is Patti Smith, so the more rips, the more punk, the more comfortable I feel.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I heard 'Get Lucky'; it's just not my taste. It's great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but that whole disco vibe is not really my thing.
- Harmony
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite punk rock song is 'Linoleum' by NOFX. That's pure harmony, the coolest chord changes.
- Happening
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to UC Berkeley for college, and it was during the period when the whole punk movement was happening.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.
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- Nov 07, 2020