Quotes About Freedom

It is America, I don't want the government trying to control more of my life. I want less government control, and I think there are too many government regulations, laws and taxes on the books.

I don't agree with the libertarians. I want my security first. I'll deal with all the details after that.

What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.

I can do whatever I want, but I'm a French girl. It goes with everything.

I think sometimes older people wind up being a little childlike. They've done their time, now they get to do what they want.

There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

I'm a big believer in free enterprise. If people want to try it, then go for it.

I can do anything I want, basically, as long as it doesn't involve athletic ability, or something like that.

I practice the artist's golden rule. I wouldn't want somebody telling me how to finish my painting, I'm not going to tell him how to finish his movie or how to shape his movie.

For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath And the want Of thought is death Then am I A happy fly If I live Or if I die

You do a movie if it's good and if you want to do it. It doesn't matter if it's small or big or expensive or cheap. If you want to say the words, you're gonna say them. You can't strategize.

I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.

Except for the usual house chores, doing income tax, etc., I am free to write whenever I want.

Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it represents complete freedom of speech.

My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music...I love my freedom so I'm happy I am a free artist.

You are born and then you die, but in between you can do anything you want. It's society that creates rules for us, but you can break out of that.

You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.

I always write the pieces I want to write.

I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.

I can die anytime I want. I wish I could do the same with life.

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

We're always going to argue about abortion. It's a hard choice and it's controversial, and that's why I'm pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.

I love playing someone who just skates by and does anything she wants.

I appreciate the past, but I want to make new things. That's the problem with the sack on the back - if you carry it around with you, it's like you get hobbled.