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Science is the first expression of punk, because it doesn't advance without challenging authority. It doesn't make progress without tearing down what was there before and building upon the structure.

Science is very vibrant. There are always new observations to be found. And it's all in the interest in challenging the authority that came before you. That's consistent with the punk rock ethos that suggests that you should not take what people say at face value.

When I was a teenager, science meshed with my developing ideals - such as the challenge to authority that was central to punk rock. In science, anyone from any walk of life could make a discovery that would overturn prevailing hypotheses. And that was a cause for celebration among scientists.

I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.

The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.

Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock.

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

'Punk rock' is a word used by dilettantes and heartless manipulators about music that takes up the energies, the bodies, the hearts, the souls, the time and the minds of young men who give everything they have to it.

I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don't feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock.

Punk rock is very rebellious, of course, but it also means thinking for yourself.