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To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

What was punk all about? To me, it was if you really want to do something, go ahead and do it.

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

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.

Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.

All punk is is attitude. That's what makes it. The attitude.

The reason why I am proud of my part in the punk movement is that I think it really did implant a message that was already there. The hippies told it to me, but punk made it something cool for people to stand up for, which is that we do not believe government, that we are against government.

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

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.