Nick Lowe Quotes

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing.

In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was more about the ethos and the energy.

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

Where there is young people and vitality, you're going to find punk rock.

I think, fundamentally, the core of everything I do is punk rock.

When punk started, it wasn't subtle.

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

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

Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.

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.'

All punk music is is rebellion, going against the grain. It takes different forms. Sometimes it's a band throwing their instruments around or making really violent and noisy sounds, but it doesn't have to take that sonic form. It can take more of an energy.

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.

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.

When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had no musical training.

Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'

Initially, electronic music was anti-establishment, as punk rock and rock n' roll were. The music was shut down; the police were against the parties.

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

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 rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing.

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

Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism.

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate.

I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that.

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