Brian Fallon Quotes

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.

I used to go and see the Clash a fair bit. I did think they were dead cool, and very handsome.

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

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

The Clash is pretty much my favorite band, and their songs like 'Rock the Casbah' are political dance tracks.

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 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 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.

For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'.

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.'

I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.

I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

I started listening to and playing other music in the '90s. It was after hearing other bands, like Bad Religion, cover Ramones songs that I started to like our songs again.

I didn't really see the British punk movement, if that's what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really.

I liked the Sex Pistols' music. I thought it was superb.

The bands that were big in '77, like the Clash and the Sex Pistols and Talking Heads, I got into them in the early '80s. And it changed my life. It got into my DNA.

I don't think any punk bands really ever got their due.

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

I think punk rock needs an 'Amadeus.'

I think I've been able to connect with people and their emotions through my songs. I feel honoured that despite having so many talented singers around, my work is always appreciated.

I saw the Clash in '79 at the Paramount in Seattle, and it changed my whole life.

The Sex Pistols came through Atlanta, and I got to go see them. That was historic. It blew me away; it was so much fun. I bought 45s of bands you don't hear about anymore.

I was a huge punker growing up.

I never thought of Green Day as a punk band. Just bubblegum, really.

Most people who ask me what's my favorite song, expect that it's 'Midnight Train' or 'Neither One of Us.' But actually, it's always kinda been 'The Need to Be' because of what it says. I love the way that song was written, I love the melody, I love everything about it.