Folk Punk/history

Famous quotes containing the words folk, punk and/or history:

    “I think that Richard Nixon will go down in history as a true folk hero, who struck a vital blow to the whole diseased concept of the revered image and gave the American virtue of irreverence and skepticism back to the people.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)

    “When there’s no future
    How can there be sin
    We’re the flowers in the dustbin
    We’re the poison in your human machine
    We’re the future
    Your future
    God Save the Queen”
    —The Sex Pistols, British punk band (1976-1979)

    “It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
    —Henry James (1843–1916)