Quotes About Self-expression

2020 for me is a really big year of realness and authenticity and just being who I am.

You don't have to get doughty or, suddenly, because you have a new label on you, 'Oh, I'm 50, so therefore, I have to be a certain thing.' Follow your heart and look at your rear view as well as your front view!

People are not ants or bees. We do not reason or love or live or die collectively.

I don't want to be a reasonable facsimile of anyone.

A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.

I went to a Christian high school, so I went under my middle name. I don't think they would have accepted me in the school - 'This is Rebel'... so I have two middle names, Melanie Elizabeth, and I went under those. But Rebel's way cooler.

I've always in some way tried to rebel against the norm, but there's always been a voice deep inside that pressures me to look my best, not leave the house without makeup, etc.

'Rebel' is not a word I would describe for myself, but I feel like I was a total rebel being an actor. It made me feel like there was something in me, a passion, a love - and that I didn't just squelch it.

Everyone always asks, 'Did you ever rebel? Did you dye your hair blue? Did you wear black nail polish?' I mean, of course, there have been episodes when you wear weird-colored lipstick... But generally, I think I was pretty much the way I am now.

I've always considered myself something of a musical rebel.

The brunette phase just came about because I was fed up with this 'Blonde Angel Image'. The rebel in me demanded a new color.

I wasn't a rebel.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

I never had to look for confidence because I just wore what I wanted to wear. I would never wear anything to offend my husband or my mother, but outside of that, I always figured, I hope I'm not a rebel, and I hope everybody liked it. And if they didn't like it, it really was not going to disturb me because it was their problem, not mine.

A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.

My relationship with my dad will always be strained, but that just goes to show, I guess, that I'm doin' a pretty good job of bein' myself, and bein' a rebel.

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

When I was a boy, I was sagging my pants like everyone else. Some boys become men and continue to sag their pants because that's their form of rebellion.

I grew up playing the piano, but you know, as a rebellious child, I convinced myself that I hated it.

I am a rebellious North Indian girl and I was not sure if I would have said yes to a film like 'Rajma Chawal' if it would not be from South as it allows me to challenge myself.

I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not.

I'm not rebellious. I try to be rebellious, but I don't walk around being rebellious for no reason.

When you are young and rebellious, you don't want to be in the house. You want to be on the block.

Be genuine. Put out what you want to receive; that's the same for real life and Tinder.