"I never claimed to be punk."
"I'm not punk. Punk is, like, so not what I'm doing right now. This is very commercial. My music's rock/pop. Punk is agression and very politcal. I've also already been labeled a skater and I'm all, 'OK, yeah, I used to skateboard but that's not a part of my life anymore. And so it's just one of those wierd things I have to adjust too."
"I wish everyone would stop saying that I'm not "punk"! God damnit, I created punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. Thats what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation. People look up to me and want to be me. And thats fine, just don't try to copy the sh!t I do." [You are no Sid Vicious! and you don't even know who the Sex Pistols are, so I'm guessing you've never seen Sid either. People copying your shit is part of being a star. Britney's music is just as "punk" as yours. And for the record, look below)
thanks to Katie, Rose, Ania, and Marthi for the pic.
"I KNOW I'm not a punk. You'd never see anyone who's hardcore punk on MTV. They're against all that stuff. No one actually comes up to me and says, 'You're not punk!' But if they did, I'd be like, 'I never fucking said I was!' "
The YM October 2002 Article:
"It bugs the hell outta me when people say I'm not punk," says Avril. "I never claimed to be punk." Hmm. I remember Avril labeled herself a punk in our July 2002 issue. When I called her on that, she says she used the word to mean a screwup-not a punk rocker. Right.
"I'm a skater punk who writes guitar driven punk."
Avril has a button that says, "Kiss me! I'm punk."
"It's somthing about "S8ter Boi" that makes it so hard rock. Oh, I know! It's me singing on the f*cking track!" [yeah, those fake tattoos that you wear are sooo hardcore]
