Kurt Cobain
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"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."
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Punk
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Kurt Cobain
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock."
Amy Dumas
Professional Wrestler
"I encourage you to find your punk-rock, your lucha-libre, your pro-wrestling"
Brian Johnson
Musician
"Punk and all that was just an image that ripped people off. Johnny Rotten's a wanker, and that's all there is to it."
David Bowie
Musician, Actor
"I have found myself deeply, deeply intrigued by the ska-punk scene. It's such an expressive form of popular music, it's so real, it's got so much life: it's the most vital music in the world."
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"Do ya' feel lucky, punk?"
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"I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy, just to be punk rock."
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"Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you."
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"Punk rock is just another word for freedom."
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"To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment."
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"I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music."
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"I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute."
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"We are simultaneously the most hated, loved, feared and admired nation on this planet. In short, we are Frank Sinatra."
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"I was the punk outsider who nobody messed with. I was fearless. At 16, I graduated and moved out."
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"Can’t clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don’t punk out. Make it count."
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"Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk"
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"When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'"
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"Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock."
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"Punk allowed women to stop looking feminine. Oh, the relief."
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"In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair."
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