Quotes by Punk Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool. David Pajo grunge punk guitar What the Sex Pistols made sounded like quality, because they had a big label and top engineers and producers. But punk rock shouldn't be quality; it should be f**king mania. It should be gnarled, a glorious lo-fi live sound. David Vanian punk quality producers It's hard to imagine the whole punk movement without The Velvet Underground. I toured with them when they did their reunion tour, and no one sounds like that; they are a very unique-sounding band. They have a lot of noise, they have a viola, they have a drummer that's standing up, certainly they have influenced my guitar playing, but hopefully after 12 records you start to sound like yourself. Dean Wareham punk imagine like-you When I was a teenager, you couldn't get straight pants. Then in '76, when punk started to hit, it was a revelation that you could find straight pants again. Denis Leary punk teenager pants We are simultaneously the most hated, loved, feared and admired nation on this planet. In short, we are Frank Sinatra. Dennis Miller laying-down bones punk After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk. Eddie Vedder ramones punk wave I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me. Edwyn Collins punk movement sound I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute. Etta James punk today mean On a scale of one to ten, how punk am I? Apple. I don't use your scale. Eugene Mirman punk apples use My music doesn't sound punk, but I see it as a punk action. Frankie Cosmos punk sound action Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk Gary Crowley punk rocks simplicity And I used to go the punk clubs such as a gay club in Poland Street that everyone would go to because it was the only place you could go to looking like that without getting beaten senseless. Gary Numan punk clubs gay I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown. Gary Oldman punk movement guy What we get in punk these days are layers of 'anti-', and so many of them are so self-serving. It's not about larger freedom. Geoff Rickly layers punk self Anything that's new wave is new. As far as punk rock goes, I've never really been exposed to any. George Thorogood punk wave rocks I went to a fancy dress party as a punk. I went through a stage of being a wannabe punk from the '70s. So, my next-door neighbours were like hardcore punks and I went to see The Vibrators and came home with a T-shirt that said "The Vibrators". My mum said: "You're not going out in that!" But I was really into it. I did soon grow out of it. But that's probably the most embarrassing story I have. I really am just quite normal. Georgia Groome punk party home I always expect there to be a new counter-culture coming up, something that would make punk look as ridiculous as punk made the hippies look. Grant Hart ridiculous punk hippie There are several books out on punk history, but I haven't read any of them. I was there. Greg Ginn punk havens book 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 punk growing-up expression I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man. Greg Graffin punk common men «123456789»