Punk Fashion Quotes

I am not steeped in all that angst. I'm never going to be Sid Vicious.

I'm really into, like, characters - music characters like Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain - just, like, how they are and stuff. Like Lil Wayne.

Growing up, my mates and I would have rather been Sid Vicious or members of the Royal Family.

By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero.

I moved to Naples, Florida, and by 15 I was into punk: Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Operation Ivy. Along with the classic punk bands, like the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat - all those bands that you get into when you're first getting into punk.

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks.

I have seen everything possible covered in studs and grommets. Also, what I call angry shoes: those platforms with the multiple buckles and studs. I think the polished girl is back.

I love Vivienne Westwood. Her work is so interesting, you can always find something that's great and fits you.

I started going to Madame Louise's, the lesbian club where all the punk bands used to go - the Sex Pistols, the Clash. I remember seeing Billy Idol walk in there; he was gorgeous.

When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.

I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.

When I was running the Troubadour, there was this transition from the classic singer/songwriter Jackson Browne types to bands like Black Flag, the Dead Kennedys, and Fear. Those are just some that come to mind. Oh, and Adam Ant! The Fear fans wanted to 'crush' the Ants. These guys hated each other.

Every day I'd say I look different. Sometimes I look really formal, sometimes I love the classic Stella McCartney, Chloe Sevigny and Gwyneth Paltrow thing. Other days I like being rock star and wearing leather jackets and studs. I love wearing Burberry - it's the perfect combination of formal and punky.

Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.

Growing up in Orange County, it was all O.C. punk, L.A. punk. Black Flag, all the SST stuff.

We were watching bands like the Ramones and Blondie and other bands beginning to ignite.

When punk really started to happen, it was a reaction against the disco craze of the time.

I was into the Ramones, Bad Brains, all of that, when I was in high school.

Will punk rock ever die? Pal, if you have to ask it's dead to you.

My mom was in a punk rock band called The Trash Women, and they toured and all of that. She had me when she was 17.

I'm partial to slouchier, more free clothing. My icon is Patti Smith, so the more rips, the more punk, the more comfortable I feel.

I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn't fit in that box.

I was really into Blink-182 and punk bands like NOFX and MXPX.