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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.

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

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

Punk was more based on social change than on music, so it didn't bother me too much. It wasn't really a musical threat.

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.

Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as the measurement for what is cool.

In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was more about the ethos and the energy.

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

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.