Quotes About Rebellion

They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row.

Very, very protesty. And, uh, one of the protestiest of all things I ever protested against in my protest years.

20 years of schooling and they put you on the day shift.

While one who sings with his tongue on fire Gargles in the rat race choir Bent out of shape from society's pliers Cares not to come up any higher But rather get you down in the hole That he's in.

I wanna say hello to all the ex-hippies tonight. I've never been a hippie myself but I'm an honorary hippie.

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity.

I'm listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound. Someone's always yellin', 'Turn him down'. -- Highlands from Time Out of Mind (1997)

Now you see this one-eyed midget Shouting the word "NOW" And you say, "For what reason?" And he says, "How?" And you say, "What does this mean?" And he screams back, "You're a cow Give me some milk Or else go home

She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall. She's nobody's child, the law can't touch her at all.

Don't forget, I am above the law [to Michael Hutchence]

There is a tendency of one generation to run wild, break rules, enjoy itself, and then condemn those who come along next to give these indulgences a new spin.

We did not live the way he wanted us to live and did not obey his teaching. 25So he became very angry with us and brought terrible wars against us. It was as if the people of Israel had fire all around them, but they didn't know what was happening. It was as if they were burning, but they didn't pay any attention.

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!

No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out.

Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it.

Il apparaît en effet que les masses ont tort, et les individus toujours raison.

Don't you know me by now, Angel? I never do what I'm meant for.

Or maybe I was just a girl, interrupted

Maybe I was just flirting with madness the way I flirted with my teachers and my classmates.

How the fuck else am I going to get any attention in this place? Lisa always called the hospital 'this place.

The only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy

Es más fácil morir de nada que de dolor, ante el dolor uno puede rebelarse, ante la nada, no.

I had no idea, she panted, that being ruined could be so invigorating.