Quotes About Rebellion

High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school sometimes cling to the devil they know. And for the kids who love it, the goodbyes are hard to think about.

I've got an allergy to looking too neat.

To rock isn't necessarily to cavort.

Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band.

Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards.

The whole point of Gen X was, and continues to be, a negation of being forced into Baby Boomerdom against one's will.

I've been arrested several times. I've been known to dress in ludicrous fashions. I've also built a career out of negative reviews.

I lived in a bad neighborhood. I knew so many things a boy shouldn't know. I did so many things a boy shouldn't do.

'What's It Gonna Be?' is about having a massive crush on someone, so it made sense to go back where - to school, where it all began. But it was important for us to explore those archetypal characters - The Jock, The Nerd, The Dork, The Popular Kid - and then flip expectations.

I was a nerdy punk-rock kid.

I was a failed grunge kid who was too nerdy to totally get down with rock.

'Thelma & Louise' really hit a nerve, and I loved that movie.

At some point the label 'hard-rocker' began to get on my nerves, and I decided to break those chains. My music definitely doesn't sound like AC/DC or the Scorpions - nothing against either of these bands, they're okay. But I was fed up with that image.

I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body.

You can't write a story about a mental hospital in the United States without facing the grand example of 'Cuckoo's Nest.'

I'll never forget when I was, like, 17, and 'Highway to Hell' came on the radio, and I was like, 'Dude, listen to that guy's voice!'

Never take an elevator in city hall.

Nadunisi Naaigal' is new age Tamil cinema. I have tried to break the rules of regular cinema with this film.

Our parents don't always know what's right. It's a new age.

I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways.

I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.

I keep trying to write a bad boy and they always come out nice. I don't see the appeal of someone who is going to demean me in some way.

I was a really crazy kid. I'm still a crazy kid. That's the nice thing about being in a rock band. You can feel 14 forever.

I was every mother's nightmare - I was a hair model from 14, and I started coming home with red, blue, green hair.