"Punk rock is meant to be our freedom. We're meant to be able to do what we want to do."

"Although the origins of punk rock, as we know it today, undoubtedly include artists like Patti Smith, The Velvet Unde…"

"According to one theory, punk rock all goes back to Ritchie Valens's "La Bamba." Just consider Valens's three-chord m…"

"The Sex Pistols were still rock'n'roll ... like the craziest version of Chuck Berry. Hardcore was a radical departure…"

"It would be possible to write the whole history of punk music without mentioning any male bands at all – and I think …"

"Hippies were rainbow extremists; punks are romantics of black-and-white. Hippies forced warmth; punks cultivate cool.…"

"Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock."

"But I was a rebel in the usual, rather superficial, ways that teenagers in the late 1970s were. I mean, I went fairly…"

"...punk rock had to come along because the rock scene had become so tame that [acts] like Billy Joel and Simon and Ga…"

"...rock and roll by people who didn't have very many skills as musicians but still felt the need to express themselve…"