Quotes About Independence

The nice thing about being a band that nobody knows about is that you can do whatever you want.

The last thing reporters and editors want to be told is what to do and how to write. They don't want to be some politically correct, Orwellian, kind of like "you're telling me how to write about...?"

Riches ... don't consist in having things, but in not having to do something you don't want to do. ... Riches is being able to thumb your nose.

My uncertain temper is cooling, as is my sense of racing against time to accomplish the things I want to. I don't have to go anywhere or see anyone I don't want to now, and it is a glorious feeling!

What will I become? Because I won't be me any longer. That will be a relief. I dont want to be the helpless person I've always been.

Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I.

I don't think men see any lusty sexiness in me. The appealing thing is an air of abandonment. Men don't want any responsibility, and neither do I.

Ignore me. I don't want to talk about my nonexistent love life today.

I just want some space to myself every now and then. Every time I'm with you I have this sense that you want something from me.

The truth about Chanel's bespoke femininity is that a woman can do or say whatever she wants as long as she's wearing pearls.

And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts.

I think that everybody has a right to their own thoughts, their own feelings and their own private moments, if they want them.

I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do.

I really only have Perfect Fun with myself. Other people won't stop and look at the things I want to look at or, if they do, they stop to please me or to humor me or to keep the peace.

You can't change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want.

I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do.

I live in a one bedroom apartment by myself which is cool. I like to have my stuff exactly where I want it, so living alone is good for me.

There's a moment in time where kids really don't want to hear anything from their parents.

The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I'm in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

Children need to grow up and make their own decisions - how they want to pierce their bodies or do whatever they need to.

Libraries are where most of us really fall in love with books, where we can browse and choose on our own. Its really one of the first autonomous things we do, picking the books we want to read.

If you ask her to do things on command, like clap or walk, she just shuts down. She does not want to perform.

Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don't need for anything, that's ideal. You're just together because you really want to be.

You know what? I don't care. I'm going to do what I want to do.