Quotes About Individuality

Sometimes people expect you to be something that you're not or want you to be something that is out of your philosophy, yet they claim they are a fan. Like, 'I'm really your fan, but you should get a nose job!' That's not really a fan.

There's no great shame in having your nose fixed.

I would say my flow is Aboriginal. Look at my face, nose, lips, and eyes.

I have a strange nose: it's big and weird.

Some people think I've had a nose job. I've never had anything like that done, but I have no judgement of anyone that does.

KISS has always been outside of the borders of what other bands can do. Not that some of these other bands wouldn't want to do it - the fact that they may snicker or look down their noses at what we do is more out of jealously than anything else.

Most people can't understand how others can blow their noses differently than they do.

Everyone is entitled to his own nostalgia.

I don't want to be a slave to nostalgia.

I never wanted us to be an exercise in nostalgia, living in the shadow of other artists.

But I think what makes a band great is that you're not trying to be someone else ever. At no point do you want it to become nostalgic; you never want to be a cover band for anybody.

I started coming into my own at 30, discovering what's important to me, not caring what other people think.

Not caring more about what other people think than what you think. That's freedom.

Walking is pretty easy. You just have to be confident, like not caring. And honestly, people think about their walk too much, so they try to do something really interesting, but the designers hate it.

It's like, 'You're not allowed to change. That's not fair. We like you like this.' But I don't. So let me expand and express myself.

I'm not a yes man. When the UFC says, 'Jump,' I'm not saying, 'How high,' because that's not fair to me.

I was afraid of Sonya being defined by her sexuality because that's not fair to her. I don't want Sonya to be defined by who she loves.

It's not fair to tell an artiste what to be creative about.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

When I was growing up, I wasn't particularly great at anything. I was in my own world, and my teachers felt I'd never reach my potential. Even in sports, I'd only play team games because I felt I was not good enough to outshine anyone.

It's my music. If it's not good enough, then that's how it will be.

I'm not interested in being liked.

I'm not interested in nostalgia; I'm interested in who I am.

I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy.