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Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

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.

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

I think English punk died in '79 or '80. Maybe '82 at the latest. As far as American punk goes, it wasn't the same as English punk. It wasn't a working-class movement that was protesting the conditions under which this class had to work. I don't think American punk ever died.

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

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.

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 was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

I don't think any punk bands really ever got their due.

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.