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

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.

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

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.

People perceive punk rock in the sense of Sid Vicious, all strung-out, crazy and insane.

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.

A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.

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

I love punk rock, but I also love metal.