Richard Hell Quotes

Punk is the way of those who are unable to express themselves, but they aren't dangerous; at worst, they may kill their audience.

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

Some visualize the Pistols era in shades of black and white. It wasn't. Actually, the colors I envision are neon or army dirt green with fluorescent pink--anything that would annoy."

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

Punk and all that was just an image that ripped people off. Johnny Rotten's a wanker, and that's all there is to it.

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.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

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

When I was fifteen, I used to run around reading 'Adbusters' and dumpster diving, trying to find ways to make the U.S. government unwind into chaos through hardcore punk and metal.

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

When someone asks you, 'What's punk?' my reply is, 'If you have to ask, you're never going to know.'

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

It's like our little thing: you can take the girl out of the punk, but you can't take the punk out of the girl.

I've always said that punk is a time and money thing. You can only be punk if you're poor and you're young. It's for the poor, it's for the young.

Rock'n'roll is not red carpets and MySpace friends, rock'n'roll is dangerous and should piss people off

Punk was over in two years. That was the only damn good thing about it.

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

In my parents' generation, rebellion was pop culture. It's not anymore.

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all the rebellion you need is just to stick your tongue out in the mirror every once in a while.

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.

The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics.

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