Quotes tagged ‘punk rock’

“I don't know who started it and I don't give a fuck. The one thing I do know is that we did it harder, we did it faster, and we definitely did it with more love, baby. You can't take that away from us.”

— James Merendino, Stevo, Matthew Lillard, imdb.com

“My view of rock history now includes grunge as a major genre shift in the history of rock, the same as you would look at punk rock or the British Invasion. And we’re clearly pioneers of that genre and are recognized as being that.”

— Chris Cornell, rollingstone.com

“You know what punkers don’t do? Call themselves punkers.”

— J. Elvis Weinstein, Jenna Zank, Shawnee Free Jones, imdb.com

“Harold: I guess you'd prefer we listen to that punk rock music I've been reading about. You know those Sex Pistols? They spit on their audience! Yep, that's what I wanna do. Spend my hard earned money to be spit on. Now that's entertainment...Elvis didn't expectorate on his fans. Sam: No. But he die…”

— Judd Apatow, J. Elvis Weinstein, Harold Weir, Joe Flaherty, imdb.com

“Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want Dare ya to be who you will Dare ya to cry right out loud 'You get so emotional baby'”

— Bikini Kill, open.spotify.com

“Don't you talk out of line Don't go speaking out of your turn Gotta listen to what the Man says Time to make his stomach burn Burn, burn, burn, burn”

— Bikini Kill, open.spotify.com

“'Cause we're the queens of noise Come and get it boys Queens of noise Not just one of your toys Queens of noise”

— The Runaways, open.spotify.com

“Hello, daddy. Hello, mom. I'm your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb! Hello world! I'm your wild girl. I'm your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!”

— The Runaways, open.spotify.com

“Stone age love and strange sounds too Come on, baby, let me get to you Bad nights causing teenage blues Get down ladies, you've got nothin' to lose”

— The Runaways, open.spotify.com

“It was touching, that bit where he [Topper Headon] apologised to the group for getting addicted to hard drugs and screwing up the group. He'd never apologised before.”

— Joe Strummer, theguardian.com

“Reuniting [The Clash] would be artistic death. Unless it was like a mopping-up thing it'd be like admitting defeat.”

— Joe Strummer, theguardian.com

“I think good manners will come back. In America, kids saw punk rock as a licence to be as rude as possible. I didn't like that.”

— Joe Strummer, theguardian.com

“Try and eat right, don't mix your drinks, don't talk too much. Don't smoke too many cigarettes. Keep your mind on the job, always think about tomorrow's set today.”

— Joe Strummer, punkmagazine.com

“Imagine if on some level, like a world wide web of feelings. A lot of people kissed and smoked and danced - had their first experiences of the adult world to these songs.”

— Joe Strummer, punkmagazine.com

“I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.”

— Iggy Pop, rollingstone.com