Quotes About Nonconformity

Life is not a popularity contest.

Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested.

In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.

I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

Don't do what you're taught to do, do what you love to do.

I love to be individual, to step beyond gender.

I am not systematic at all when it comes to religion. I just love life. And I'm not judgmental. And I'm a vegetarian.

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything.

I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.

I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.

Everybody was wearing rhinestones, all those sparkly clothes, and cowboy boots. I decided to wear a black shirt and pants and see if I could get by with it. I did and I've worn black clothes ever since.

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative.

Everyone I've ever met who was worth knowing was a bit different at school.

I like men who are very cool but who are also so brilliant that they are almost insane. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits - men who would be flipping burgers if they hadn't found an outlet for their brilliant mind-sets.

To ignore those who stand out as harbingers in favor of those cleave to the status quo is to refuse engagement with the future if not to misunderstand the nature of youth itself

Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it. —Vincent van Gogh

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

I just feel like with independent movies... they're really free to do whatever they want. They're not afraid to make a statement about anything, and there's not a huge studio behind them making sure that everything is wholesome and politically correct and all that.

The only time I ever appeared in the 'Enquirer' was for a piece about people who let their hair grow gray. I guess I'm not much of a wild child.

My schoolmates would make love to anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself.

Splendido. Datemi solo delle revolverate un po' all'impazzata, qui. Grazie. Tipo My Way di Vicious. Fate fuoco quando volete.

Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.

that country where they wouldn't be told what to think or how to live or even whether or how to worship.