Quotes About Rebellion

My hair is such a statement that it's like a neon sign asking for trouble.

If I'm shopping at the Gap or Old Navy, I'm saying that I'm an ordinary person: I don't want to be seen; I don't want to stand out. That's a statement. If I'm wearing a leather jacket, there's something about me that's kind of a rebel. So everybody says something, whether they want to or not.

My work isn't overtly political, although it is sometimes painted in places where I don't have permission to paint, so that could be construed as a political statement.

In my house, we couldn't listen to 'Love to Love You Baby.' It was way too salacious back in the day. I remember my mom would turn the station off when that song came on the radio. But, of course, I played my album to death in my bedroom, with the door closed.

I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who are standing up for human rights.

Individuals fighting or rebelling against the status quo, the establishment, is good for drama.

Growing up with Bronx Irish parents during an era of protests against the status quo, I was especially committed to doing the opposite of what I was told to do. Forty-four years later, I am left with only one means of making a living: comedy.

The people that were most interesting were always questioning the status quo.

I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism.

We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in our music.

When the things in front of you in life reveal how messed up the system is, you lose faith in the system pretty quickly. You develop a contrarian attitude. Your instinct is to disagree with the status quo and then, if you can, to try and shake it up.

I pushed the envelope as far as it needed to be pushed, and now it's on the floor, and people seem to want it to stay there.

Rock and roll is here to stay.

I would be copping out if I stayed in the myth of the '60s.

I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.

Religion has stayed with me even though I rebelled.

We all fled from religion. Living la vida loca, whatever. The '60s, you know. But it always stayed in my heart. As I got older, I started coming back to religion.

I was in the 4th grade, and one day I didn't want to be in class. My father had just gotten a new Harley-Davidson, and he came and took me out of class. He said it was too beautiful to be indoors, so we stayed out all day.

Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.

I've always been an artist that has had a problem with genres, staying in the box, and being told what I had to be.

That's why I called my record Devil Without a Cause - I'm a white boy who's so sick of hearing that white kids are going to steal rap.

So to make those checks better, I used to steal lollipops and sell them at school - but I got caught.

I just have this very simple idea about the rebel spies in the opening crawl of A 'New Hope' who steal the plans for the Death Star.

I've always lived all over the place, and left Manchester the minute I was old enough to steal a car.