Quotes About Rejection

I didn't go to prom because I was too punk.

All punk rockers hate Christmas.

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

The first music I loved on my own was punk.

By the '80s, anything to do with punk was perceived as rancid. Me being known as the 'punk poet' meant my work and I plummeted.

The whole 'anniversary of punk' thing really compounded what I thought was wrong. I was so disillusioned. I remember thinking, 'I don't want anything to do with this.'

I think I'm a punk rocker at heart. I just love the aggression in that music.

I hated everything but punk for a long time.

We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s.

I am too pure for you or anyone.

My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.

I was never feverishly pursuing Bollywood.

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

Normally, we push away the things we're scared of.

As creatives, it's a hard thing to push, to make something you're truly excited about, especially if you've written 100 different concepts and they keep getting shot down.

Many times somebody tried to help me be constructive and I just pushed them away.

You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'

A lot of actors flame out.

I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor.

I don't like being scored on on the floor.

There is always a hit and a flop, it's part of working in the film industry.

I'm very fond of drugs.

It is a fact for any footballer - you can be really happy, but if the club don't want you, you have to accept it.

The crazy thing about my story is that I only came to Leicester City because Leeds didn't want me. A lot of footballers say that, and it's almost a cliche. But the chairman literally told me that they didn't want me.