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Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.

— Henry Rollins

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I think I was about seven when people started telling my parents I would be an actor or a performer of some kind.

— Juliet Rylance

I was offered seven deals from seven different major labels between 2009-2011, and to be quite honest... nowadays, you need a hit record, a great radio team, an amazing PR firm, social media, a big budget, a team that is ready to work extremely hard, and the drive and passion to win!

— Ashanti

I started working when I was seven and I was working for five dollars a night at the Met.

— Emmy Rossum

I formed a band when I was about 13, and we all listened to punk - or what we thought was punk!

— Tim Gane

When I was signed, that was before the punk thing even happened.

— Kate Bush

I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then.

— Adam Oates

Since I became part of the zeitgeist, I've been called a sellout many times.

— Joe Wurzelbacher

When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.

— Patina Miller

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

— Barry Zito

✗Opposing Perspectives

I don't blame the average seventeen-year-old punk-rock kid for calling me a sellout. I understand that. And maybe when they grow up a little bit, they'll realize there's more things to life than living out your rock & roll identity so righteously.

— Kurt Cobain