Quotes About Independence

You may find that your parents are the most delightful people, but you don't want to live with them.

I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.

The student-athlete should control everything that happens. From figuring out what kind of a degree they want to what type of a program they want to play for, they should control it all.

The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.

yeah me see myself as a revolutionary, would wouldn't want no help and imma take no bribe from no one and fight it single handed with music

Everybody wants to manage me; management is a touchy situation.

People say 'I don't want to die alone!' But you know what, honestly? I don't want to die with a bunch of people looking at me.

For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.

I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.

Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.

As a feminist, I think you never want to have your characters defined by the relationships that they're in, and it did give her a chance to be a sophomore in college without a boyfriend.

It really bothers me when a guy is controlling. Dont just say Im picking the place - ask me where I want to go!

To have family behind you who love you more than words can say gives you so much confidence, because it allows you to go off and be who you want to be.

I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.

It is frustrating, because who wants to grow up and follow their parents?

I don't care about the charts; I just want to make great music that I enjoy performing on stage and I'm proud of.

I would prefer not to be living with anyone, really. Like, as much as I care for my special friend, I don't want to live with her.

If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

No man has ever paid a single bill in my life - I didn't want it.

Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms.

Every member of Congress and every Senator kind of runs their own race with their own message because they don't want to necessarily have dictated from the White House what that message should be.

Your folks are god, you love them and you want to make them happy but you still want to make up your own rules.

That you could fix me? What's more, that I could fix you? Well, Sorry, pet, I don't want to be fixed. - Caleb