Quotes About Rebellion

It's a lot of fun to identify with a character who lives by their own rules.

I have never understood why people identify with criminals: even if your father and grandfather were criminal, you have to find a way to be free.

People who got on their feet and freaked about were called idiot dancers. and nobody wants to be called an idiot dancer. But the whole idea of rock and roll is to get people off their arses - that's what it's about.

'American Idiot' is not only one of my favorite albums of all time, it's become an anthem of a generation.

Nahmir is just an idiot. He just glorifies street life. He idolizes it.

Rock n' roll is for the young idiots, not an old fart like me.

I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade.

I kind of idolized older punk-rock and hip-hop bands, and I was, like, 15 when I started the Beastie Boys. And what business did we having doing that at that age?

Beijing has a history of ignoring the rules. It takes pride in it.

To destroy images is something every revolution has been able to do.

The law is immoral.

I will not allow people to impose rules on me that don't make sense to me. And I live and work very much outside the literary world and the literary system. What they think and what they believe and what their rules are mean nothing to me.

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

Aggressive, tough and defiant may describe me, but that leaves the impression I'm mean and I'm not. People expect me to have fangs.

I've always had this impulse to be destructive.

I never finished high school. In fact, I hated going to school.

In the end, I was the only one with any anarchy left in me.

I've been saying inappropriate things since I was a kid.

I've lost so many gigs composing commercial or television music because I can't repress my inclination to work against conventions.

I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.

The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.

I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring.

I'm incredibly defiant against neo-Nazis and skinheads.