Avril Lavigne Quotes

I was a punk before it got its name. I had that hairstyle and purple lipstick.

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

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.

All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.

To me, Sid Vicious is cool. Super chill.

I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.

I was a punk rocker when I was a teenager. I wanted to look like Nancy Spungen. I had dyed blonde hair and lots of piercings.

People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.

I was actually late to the punk movement because I was too young.

I first got into punk music at 17, The Adverts, just from being a bored teenager.

I think punk rock needs an 'Amadeus.'

I got into punk at 17 after discovering an all-girl band from Long Island on the Internet called The Devotchkas - four crazy-looking girls with fast, driving basslines and high-pitched gang vocals who shared the same dress sense as the punks I used to eye up curiously in Camden.

I was the only real punk rock kid in my school, with, like, the plaid pants and the Rancid t-shirt.

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

I'm still secretly a bit of a punk. Love The Clash and a bit of the Pistols. I guess as I've got older I've chilled out a bit. But, my teenage angst is still stirring somewhere!

Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.

There's a punk-rock attitude, clearly, to 'Hated.' There's even a punk-rock attitude to 'The Hangover,' I think. We start the movie with a Glenn Danzig song.

I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie.

I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger.

I was really into punk. I was 11 years old; I had a blue mohican.

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

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

I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his.

When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'