Anthony Kiedis Quotes

People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing.

I don't think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.

Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.

I can't live in a world of dullards. So I think on that level, I'm definitely punk.

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

All punk rockers hate Christmas.

I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what punk is about.

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

I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

It's very cliched to go, 'You're not punk.' We don't care if we are, and we don't care if we aren't.

Punk was never about one particular clean-cut imagery... it's about many, many individuals coming very loosely together.

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.

When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.

Everybody was starting to grow long hair and wear pink suits and purple glasses and stuff and then, I suppose, some people thought we were crazy, but we weren't really crazy because we're all still here!

I was originally like a punker, know what I mean, like the punks are today, I'd spit in a minute.

Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

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

I can relax with bums because I am a bum. I don't like laws, morals, religions, rules. I don't like to be shaped by society.

You can't be a punk all your life.

There is something familial about punk. There is something positive. Even though some punk is destructive, nihilistic, explosive.