Quotes About Rebellion

Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.

When I grew up in the '60s, we were actually dominated by this, you know, sort of conforming '50s culture, even though we were like trying to express our own culture, like, the dominant culture was the thing that was forming us. And I think that that's true today.

If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

I have this brand, I have my name. And I'm going to do what I want because people will buy it. People will enjoy it. So don't tell me I have to follow this formula and sit inside the box. Because I don't.

I've always fought any form of censorship.

It's such a shame that you were put in a category of a dumb blonde, but that's what they did in the '50s. You fought the system, but you didn't win.

Nobody knows this, but my hero is Che Guevara. Why? Because he was magic. He was a hero. Che resisted. He fought against the system.

When I was fourteen, I was one of those kids who wore all black because it matched everything. Seriously.

I feed foxes. I'm not supposed to, but I love it.

As a kid, I wanted to be part of the Lost Generation who came to France.

I say I'm not a control freak and I don't like to be in charge. But on the other hand, I really don't like anyone telling me what to do. I have some authority issues.

Even the fact that I labelled myself makes me mad sometimes, because dude, I'm just a free spirit.

People like a look into the lifestyle of someone who has a lot of freedom.

When I was younger, I was ready to go off at any time. My wife, Linda, and I would go out to the Limelight in New York, and I would see people and be able to freeze them with a look. People were even too scared of me to tell me that people were scared of me.

Being French, to me, is first and foremost being a revolutionary.

Before the American Revolution there were frequent slave uprisings, and a lot of people would run away.

I got expelled from high school my freshman year.

There's no more to Holden Caulfield. Read the book again. It's all there. Holden Caulfield is only a frozen moment in time.

My parents were always pretty free with me. They were of the school of thought that if you really cramp down on someone and tell them not to do all these things, it's gonna become like forbidden fruit.

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days.

I'm not really a fugitive.

I don't want to be a fulfilled woman.

When you're living the Crunk Rock lifestyle, you don't let anybody tell you what to do. You live your life to the fullest, you live every day like it's your last, and you party like a rock star. It's just a crazy lifestyle.