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- 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
People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I told all my punk friends, 'If I'm gonna do country music, I'm gonna milk it.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've known a lot of people who were punkers who went on to get academic degrees. Very few of them, however, continued their active role in the punk community. Most of them hung up their leather jacket when they did so.
- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think the Ramones knew they were inventing punk. They were trying to be rockabilly.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
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- Nov 07, 2020