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Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

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.

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

For me, the safest place is out on a limb.

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

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

I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all the rebellion you need is just to stick your tongue out in the mirror every once in a while.

I'd been a Bowie fan before punk and used to get no end of trouble. I was always getting knocked about and having to run up the street, getting chased by people. It was horrible.

Punk music is rebellious.

I love punk rock, The Clash, The Ramones, The Cramps. I love where it all came from, and music for my ears now, it has to have that same electricity, adrenaline and danger.