The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point.
I frequently find myself praying for punk, for something to come along and upset everybody and ignite a few fires and behave disreputably.
Rap music is the only vital form of music introduced since punk rock.
Neville and I are big fans of ska. He's actually more into original, Jamaican, skinhead, two-tone ska from England, but I'm more into punk ska - Operation Ivy and stuff Rancid would do.
I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.
I can't think of any punk who's put on an acoustic and hasn't just tried to sound like James Taylor.
Ain't nobody more punk rock than Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, even Little Richard.
Punk was key to the early part of me playing guitar. I was really into melodic punk-rock. I related to punk more than Lynyrd Skynyrd or Yes or Van Halen.
The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies.
When punk came along, it made perfect sense to me. I found it melodic. The Clash, Buzzcocks.
I was really into punk rock but also into musical theater.
MySpace was so punk.
Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.
I went to theater school at Northwestern, and I was quite conservative. Reagan at the time seemed quite revolutionary, or at least a rock star: He was radical and kind of punk rock.
I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football.
I'm partial to slouchier, more free clothing. My icon is Patti Smith, so the more rips, the more punk, the more comfortable I feel.
I used to work at a punk venue in Pennsylvania because I wanted to be near music.
A punk concert isn't fun without a pit.
I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk.
Where there is young people and vitality, you're going to find punk rock.