Punk Quotes - Page 6

• When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'

  Robert Smith

  House, Listening, Rolling

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• When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

  Anna Sui

  Reactions, Craze, Disco

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• Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.

  James Surowiecki

  Rocks, Musical, Accurate

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• You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt.

  Eddie Vedder

  Careers, House, Guilt

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• For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.

  Donatella Versace

  Safety Pins, Soul, Rebellion

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

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• People have evolved into something selfish, greedy and intolerant. People are unaccepting, because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation... I've seen it in punk clubs, and I've seen it in the world.

  Gerard Way

  Selfish, Race, People

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• Growing up, I always wanted to be in punk bands, so I'm really enjoying the harder, heavier element. It's always been my dream to have people moshing at my gig, kind of that really feral element of the music coming out more. I love crowd-surfing.

  Florence Welch

  Dream, Growing Up, People

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• By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero.

  Billy Bragg

  Zero, Years, Different

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• When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.

  Iggy Pop

  Sex, People, Trying

  Interview with Bret Gladstone, pitchfork.com. August 13, 2007.

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• I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

  Greg Graffin

  Men, Common, Folks

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• I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.

  Caitlin Moran

  Hate, Thinking, Self

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• When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.

  Neil Young

  Hate, People, Thank You God

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• I'm getting tired of saying hello to Stan Smith and not getting any reply. I'm cocky and confident and maybe I'm too bullheaded sometimes, but I think I have some fan and player support. I know what the others say, but I'm not that obnoxious. I am not a punk. I'm 5' 10", 155 pounds. I've got broad shoulders and I can pack a punch. Most of these guys are windbags anyway. If they ever try anything with me, I'll be to the net fast.

  Jimmy Connors

  Tired, Cocky, Player

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• Never mind the track. The track is for punks. We are Road People. We are Cafe Racers.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  People, Track, Mind

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

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• Overnight, punk had become as stupid as everything else. This wonderful vital force that was articulated by the music was really about corrupting every form-it was about advocating kids to not wait to be told what to do, but make life up for themselves, it was about trying to get people to use their imaginations again, it was about not being perfect, it was about saying it was ok to be amateurish and funny, that real creativity came out of making a mess, it was about working with what you got in front of you and turning everything embarrassing, awful, and stupid in your life to your advantage.

  Legs McNeil

  Real, Stupid, Creativity

  Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain (2006). “Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk”, p.334, Grove Press

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• Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.

  Julie Burchill

  Years, Two, Good Things

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• He doesn’t pretend,” the punk pixie said. He nodded toward Doyle. “Nice rings. You got anything else pierced?” “Yes,” Doyle said. The boy smiled, making the rings in the edge of his nose and his bottom lip curl cheerfully with it. “Me too,” he said.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Nice, Boys, Curls

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• Why are you worried about him? Des is a punk. (Urian) Desiderius is dead. Kyrian killed him. (Tabitha) Yeah, and I'm the Easter Bunny- see my fluffy tail? You don't just kill a Spathi, little girl. All you do is take him out of commission for a while. (Urian)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Girl, Easter, Tails

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• After all this time I found that the novel is in fact punk rock.

  Craig Ferguson

  Rocks, Facts, Found

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• You punk asshole. What was this? A game for you? This is my life’s work you just annihilated and for what? Shits and giggles? Or was this nothing more than a fraternity prank? Please tell me that you didn’t just ruin my integrity to get some kind of drinking points. This is something I’ve been working for since before you were born. How dare you make a mockery of me. I hope to God that one day someone degrades you like this so that you’ll know, just once in your spoiled pompous life, what humiliation feels like! (Tory)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Integrity, Drinking, Games

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.482, Macmillan

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• I think it's because I'm real. Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I'm CM Punk. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to lie to the people or be fake. I'm not trying to be some crazy, outlandish character. I'm real and they appreciate that. Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.

  CM Punk

  Crazy, Real, Lying

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. December 1, 2006.

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• I know what you're thinking," Grandma said into the silence. "Do I have anymore bullets in this here gun? Well, with all the confusion, what with being locked up in a refrigerator, I plumb forgot what was in here to start with. But being that this is a 45 magnum, the most powerful handgun in existence, and it could blow your head clean off, you just got to ask yourself one question. Do you feel lucky today? Well, do you, punk?" Christ," Spiro whispered. "She thinks she's f**king Clint Eastwood.

  Janet Evanovich

  Kings, Powerful, Grandma

  FaceBook post by Janet Evanovich from Apr 23, 2015

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• And you plan to do this alone? You think a lot of yourself, don’t you animal? (Stone) Oh, punk, please. Believe me, when dealing with wusses like you who have to gang up on a kid to feel powerful, I don’t need any help. (Fang)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Powerful, Believe, Kids

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Bad Moon Rising: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.59, Macmillan

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• Being in love is totally punk rock.

  Joey Comeau

  Being In Love, Love Is, Rocks

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• Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never quite understood. Most people who deal in words don’t have much faith in them and I am no exception – especially the big ones like Happy and Love and Honest and Strong. They are too elusive and far to relative when you compare them to sharp, mean little words like Punk and Cheap and Phony. I feel at home with these, because they’re scrawny and easy to pin, but the big ones are tough and it takes either a priest or a fool to use them with any confidence.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Strong, Mean, Home

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Rum Diary: Film Tie-in Edition”, p.57, A&C Black

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