“Punk is an attitude, not a genre, age group, or time period. What's interesting is trying to define the blues and punk in different ways. They are very close cousins.” WayTryingDifferentAgeInterestingAttitudeGroupsPeriodsGenreDifferent WaysPunkCousinTime Periods Author:Jack White
“On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.” PeopleMindKidsYoungAttitudeFairsTownsSongwritingWarningPunkVansConcentratingGunslingerVan Halen Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure out a way to make a song out of that, and that's what it was all about.” IfsWayKindTwoSongCan DoAttitudeFiguresNotesGuitarPunkDo It Yourself Author:David Byrne
“Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.” ShouldWholeShowsBodyAttitudePersonalityProjectsPunk Author:Billy Idol
“In San Francisco, most of the older activists, especially at Berkeley, were very hostile towards punks. The music, certainly, wasn't nice and mellow for them, and neither was our look or our attitude. While in Vancouver, the two most important early punk bands, D.O.A. and the Subhumans, were both managed by former yippie activists, who saw this as a logical extension of what they were already doing.” LooksTwoImportantAttitudeSawsNiceBandFormerLogicalActivistPunkExtensionsHostileSan FranciscoMellowVancouverBerkeley Author:Jello Biafra
“My attitude is if somebody blunders into the level of popularity; at least remember the human factor. These guys are still human beings and hopefully still have hearts and if you keep in touch with them rather than vilify them you may be able to encourage them to go in the right direction. What I'm hoping will eventually happen is that they will grasp the amount of power and financial clout that is now at their fingertips and use those as tools to help real people with real things the way punk politics was always designed to do before, but nobody had any money.” PeopleIfsWayHumansHeartMayStillsRealHelpingUseHappensAbleRememberGuyHuman BeingsLevelsAttitudeAmountToolsFinancialFactorsHopefullyPunkPopularityReal ThingsMy AttitudeRight DirectionBlundersFingertipsCloutVilify Author:Jello Biafra