Quotes About Rebellion

To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.

I enjoyed harassing tram conductors.

Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.

I dress differently, I don't conform to what golf is supposed to be.

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going.

I just don't conform very well.

People have Plato's form in their mind of what a leader is, or what a C.E.O. is, and it is a bunch of elements that I really don't conform to at all. I've given this a lot of thought, and I came to the conclusion that I don't care.

You're made aware of what the industry is and what you need to conform to; I don't fit that, and I'm never going to.

I'm not a conformist.

I am not a conformist.

Power frees us from the chains of conformity.

I grew up in Connecticut - it was really charming, but when I was younger, all I wanted was to get out.

It's easy to play a bad girl: You just do everything you've been told not to do, and you don't have to deal with the consequences, because it's only acting.

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

If you're going to break the rules, you have to live with the consequences.

Conservatism is the new counterculture.

I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.

In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God.

My goal isn't to make money, it's to try and survive and make a point.

Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations.

I was such a messer. I would go to my room and pretend to study, but I'd really just take a nap. I was suspended twice as I was such a brat, but the nuns loved me so I got away with it for as long as I could.

I had good grades in school, but I was always in trouble. I used to get suspended and I'm not very good at being told what to do.

I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.

Punk may have helped me find my voice and made me realise that I had the right to have one, but it was riot grrrl that helped me sustain that voice and shout a little louder.