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.
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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.
I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle.
Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk rock kids fed the homeless in the town square.
I love punk rock, but I also love metal.
Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.
Who decides what is and what isn't punk? I want to write songs that people hear and feel, and I want to be successful and reach a big audience. I'm not trying to be the coolest guy in the world; I'm trying to write songs that mean something to people. As you get successful, sometimes you lose one set of fans and gain another.
All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.
I was a punk when I was 15 - I was definitely into it in a big way and loved it - but I came to London when punk was maybe where you'd say punk is dead.
I don't listen to punk any more, unless it's right before I play. Not that I don't like it, it's nostalgic. But, it's for kids and it should be... it's not art, it's expression.