Quotes About Rebellion

I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.

Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.

I've always felt really misunderstood because I got a lot of energy, and I never conformed to a certain path.

When I was growing up in the 1980s in the Midlands, I felt abandoned and misunderstood. Then I chose drum 'n' bass and graffiti as my subcultures - which didn't really help.

I'm not the kind of guy who can be sitting around listening to Joni Mitchell, chilling. I'd rather bash my head against a wall.

I just want to be like a little bit of Bluto from 'Animal House,' mixed with like some amazing diva like RuPaul.

'Born to Run' was a mixture of things but mostly about youth and fantasies.

I am always personalizing tees to fit my personality, cutting off rocker shirts, debunking the mold of what traditional 'work wear' means, and always wearing my cause.

My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.

What I'm trying to say is, I'm really happy I'm not a doctor. So, take that mom and dad.

Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad.

Momma was the important woman in our home. She never let me forget that she was boss. I was always in the shadow. Every time I tried to step out on my own, I was in trouble with her.

I was a monster, a problem child.

My parents sent me to Montreal because I kept getting kicked out of school in France.

I realize that there's a whole generation of kids out there like me who are totally disregarding the moral values taught to us by our parents.

I like to think I have good morals, but I still have a little bit of an edgy side.

The bad boy: always more fun.

The more people were telling me that I couldn't come to school with make-up on my eyes, the next day I would just make my eyes even darker, and with black hair.

The first step to stringing the boss up from a lamppost is saying the boss is a moron.

I was mortified by my parents - what they did, who they were, everything. I hated who I was. I hated everything, and I would live in a fantasy world and try to be different. But that's not a lot different, I think, than a lot of kids.

I grew up in Baltimore, which is, you know, a city of extremes certainly, but my parents were very conservative. But they made me feel safe, and even though they were mortified at what I was doing, they encouraged it. I think because they thought, what else could I do?

I was the child who would leave school and take her clothes off the second I got into the house. I made my mom buy me lingerie when I was 5 years old. I was a sicko. My mother must have been mortified.

The time I felt most beautiful was probably when I was in college, and I was starting to accept who I was as a person. I wasn't hiding who I was anymore, and I was like, 'You know what? I'm growing up; I don't have to follow the rules anymore.'

To get the hippie out of certain characters is probably the most difficult thing for me. I was not a hippie by choice but by birth.