The Spouts

“The internet is punk radio. The kids can find bands that they like without being sold by a suit”

Ben Van Wyk

“But there’s actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.”

Travis Barker

“just cause? just cause because we’re outlaws”

Green Day

“Punk is musical freedom. It’s saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster’s terms, ‘nirvana’ means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that’s pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.”

Kurt Cobain

“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

“There’s not much music I’ll listen to if it doesn’t have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing.”

Greg Ginn

I’ve always been spiritual but I’ve never had a proper context, and it took me awhile to find the proper context. It’s hard to realize you can have any kind of relationship with God you want… and so I now have a punk rock relationship with God.
Billy Corgan

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.
Penelope Spheeris

I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That’s what I do. I’m like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.
Avril Lavigne

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn’t matter if you can’t play a note, it’s how you communicate.
Siobhan Fahey