Punk Quotes

A man once asked me, what's punk? I kicked over a trash can and said that's punk. He kicked over a trash can and then asked me again, Is that punk? I replied no. That's just trendy.

Punk will never be dead to me. It's my life. I can never just drop this lifestyle. It embodies me.

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.

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown

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.

I took Punk to be the detonation of some slow-fused projectile buried deep in society's flank a decade earlier, and I took it to be, somehow, a sign.

Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.

All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.

The single best thing that has happened in my lifetime in music, after punk rock, is being able to share music, globally for free.

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

Music is music; you can't change rock and say well this is punk rock and this is acid rock or rockabilly.

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.

Punk rock will never die, until something more dangerous replaces it.

There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there.

The street finds its own uses for things.

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.

C.M. Punk...I think you're a nerd

It's a good time to be CM Punk right now.

I'm not allowed to wear my street clothes on TV because Vince McMahon says I don't look like CM Punk when I'm not in my gear.

A clockwork heart can't replace the real thing.