Punk Quotes - Page 15

• I never understood why the metal heads in my school hated the punks.

  Trevor Dunn

  School, Hated, Metals

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• I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.

  Boy George

  Sex, Idols, Clubs

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• People are complex. You can be smart and still look hot. You can be a punk rocker yet have a refined vocabulary. It's all about this mashup that makes us who we are and I think that's a beautiful thing.

  Nadia Giosia

  Beautiful, Smart, Thinking

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• A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I'm mutating country and folk more than a few degrees.

  Stone Gossard

  Country, Simplicity, Degrees

  "From Ticketmaster to Trees: An Interview With Pearl Jam Guitarist Stone Gossard". Interview with Scott Thill, www.wired.com. October 17, 2008.

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• There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love and passion to play music with your friends.

  Dave Grohl

  Crazy, Ambition, Passion

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• I've not been an admirer of contemporary music since punk rock went off the boil in 1977, but once a year I'll listen to 'Spiral Scratch' by the Buzzcocks, or 'Hippy Hippy Shake' by the Swinging Blue Jeans. Otherwise, I can put up with Chopin or shakuhachi flute in the background.

  Billy Childish

  Rocks, Blue, Years

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• I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!

  Caitlin Moran

  Night, Rocks, Two

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• Grunge is a hippied romantic version of punk.

  Marc Jacobs

  Grunge, Versions

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• Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.

  Billy Idol

  Attitude, Personality, Body

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Dave Grohl

  Smart, School, Weekend

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• Punk was a protest against work and against boredom. It was a sign of life, a rant, a scream, a rejection of bourgeois morals. But have things improved since then? Arguably, they've got worse.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Boredom, Rejection, Moral

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. June 23, 2006.

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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.

  Greg Graffin

  Rocks, Ethos, People

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• On a scale of one to ten, how punk am I? Apple. I don't use your scale.

  Eugene Mirman

  Apples, Use, Scales

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• Manny Pacquiao I'm calling you out let's fight May 5th and give the world what they want to see. My Jail Sentence was pushed back because the date was locked in. Step up Punk.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Fighting, Jail, Giving

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• When the 'godfather of punk' thing started floatin' around, it was, I was really, really embarrassed. I thought I should have a great, big rig and a cape and everything, and it was very embarrassing. And then after a while, you learn that if people call you anything, this is a great gift.

  Iggy Pop

  Should Have, People, Capes

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

  Joey Ramone

  Attitude

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• I was in lots of dodgy bands growing up and I always fancied myself in a band. But, you know, I was rubbish at writing music. So maybe one day I'll play a rock star, or punk rocker.

  Gemma Arterton

  Stars, Growing Up, Writing

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• Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.

  Billy Joel

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Junk

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• The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

  Penelope Spheeris

  Appreciation, Aggravation, Political

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• Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out.

  Clea DuVall

  Teacher, Kids, Kicks

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• I’m still secretly a bit of a punk. Love The Clash and a bit of the Pistols. I guess as I’ve got older I’ve chilled out a bit. But, my teenage angst is still stirring somewhere!

  Iwan Rheon

  Teenage, Pistols, Angst

  "[TMN Exclusive] Iwan Rheon – Interview". The Music Ninja Interview, www.themusicninja.com. May 28, 2013.

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• I think I take my style from all walks of life, and all generations and decades of life as well. I love mixing '50s with '80s and classic with punk.

  Kelly Osbourne

  Thinking, Style, Mixing

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• C.M. Punk...I think you're a nerd

  Jeff Hardy

  Thinking, Nerd

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• People forget the punk thing was really good for women. It motivated them to pick up a guitar rather than be a chanteuse. It allowed us to be aggressive.

  Siouxsie Sioux

  Guitar, People, Forget

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• 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.

  Greg Graffin

  Growing Up, Expression, Reason

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