Punk

“Mr. Pop is passionate. It's pretty obvious he's kind of a wild guy, but he has standards; he has a controlled madness, and this is what it's really all about.”

Debbie Harry on Iggy Pop Rolling Stone (interview by Elisabeth Garber-Paul) · 2020 Cited

“Sid's quite awkward and talks in spurts like he thinks it's stupid to have a point of view, but he's got to communicate, so he forces the words out.”

Viv Albertine on Sid Vicious Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys (Viv Albertine) · 2014 Cited

“All the things I'm so embarrassed about, John's made into virtues. He's unapologetic about who he is and where he comes from.”

Viv Albertine on John Lydon Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys (Viv Albertine) · 2014 Cited

“I really learned it was over the day we sacked Topper, and not the day we sacked Mick.”

Joe Strummer on Topper Headon, Mick Jones Los Angeles Times (interview by Richard Cromelin) · 1988 Cited

“I was trying to prove that I was the Clash and it wasn't [Mick (Jones)].”

Joe Strummer on Mick Jones Los Angeles Times (interview by Richard Cromelin) · 1988 Cited

“The Clash are authentic because their music carries such brutal conviction, not because they're Noble Savages.”

Lester Bangs on The Clash New Musical Express (NME) · 1977 Cited

“I don't know Johnny Rotten, but I'm sure, I'm sure he puts as much blood and sweat into what he does as Sigmund Freud did.”

Iggy Pop on John Lydon CBC, 90 Minutes Live (interview by Peter Gzowski) · 1977 Cited