“punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am”

“And some people have less star appeal than others, but sometimes they shine far brighter than those with more.”

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

“Punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am.”

“punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am”

“It reset and mended my freshly damaged and distorted view of life, and made me recognize that this thing we call music, this primal expression that we reshape and refine and define ourselves with, is the gift I was given. The ability to communicate what others feel but cannot fully express, the passing down and around of songs and stories, from Pete Townshend to Joey Ramone to me, to the audiences who take the time and effort to support our work and give us a way to support ourselves -- I'm thinking this is what I am supposed to be doing.”