Quotes About Rebellion

We did not see ourselves as remaking cinema at the time, at least not in my view. Myself and the other actors were not part of the industry; we weren't inside the star system. We were running around, shooting in the streets, hiding behind trees to do our makeup. It was a very simple way of working.

I think of 'Shrapnel' as the anti-'Star Trek.'

Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.

People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.

I think every girl has a little bit of rebellion inside. It's always fun to not follow every trend and not be the perfect good girl. It's edgy to be a little rebellious.

There's a trend toward anti-heroes now, and I think it goes back to guys like Bogart and Cagney. They seemed to have no compassion, and they were always alone.

I think, as an artist, part of your job is being aware of what's going on around you and not selling out and not following the trend, which I'm totally against.

I buck the trend: I eat avocados on a Sunday morning and I'm a homeowner.

Goth is dead, punk is dead, and rock n' roll is dead. Trends are dead. Nothing exists anymore because the world is spinning faster than any trend.

I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follow trends, and I don't follow crowds.

I like to get a rise out of my mom with what I wear - I always go for the tallest heels or something super trendy.

The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you were just following the pack. So it was our choice to get off the bandwagon - no pun intended - and do things that were in our background and what was the most honest thing to do.

I'm not a trendy person, I don't like to be.

The trials my father went through were things most young black males have to go through. There was nothing he shielded from me, because it doesn't matter how you grow up, those who oppress will oppress. It's all completely relatable; everyone feels NWA.

I have a deep tribal sense. I grew up in a synagogue that my ancestors built. I sat in the third row. My family was decent. They were good people; they were handshake people. So I never had a sense of rebellion.

He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel.

The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die.

So when I got to be about 13 or 14, I started listening - even though my parents music was way cool - to contemporary hard rock at that time, which was Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and all that, and that's just where I came from.

Man rejection of the Truth is the root of his rebellion.

The word in your mouth is anarchy.

If everyone followed the rules, we wouldn't be human...And I'd choose that than being a Robot over any day.

Truth is an outlaw in every country.

My songs is hard stuff which politicians don't want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.