Quotes About Nonconformity

I don't really have a New Year's resolution to go on a diet or anything like that. I am who I am, and I don't want to be somebody else.

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

And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.

I think in the world of rock music or whatever it's called - anything outside of Nashville - there's a lot more freedom within that industry to do whatever you want to do.

I love the freedom to do whatever I want with style and not be put into a box.

I am not a princess, I don't want to be referred to as a princess - I find that super creepy.

Nobody wants to feel they're not a rebel.

Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith or culture or creed or religion just to fit in.

If you grow up normal, you'll always be normal-I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

I take no notice of the trends. It has never concerned me at all. My job is to deal with what I want to deal with and reach an audience by doing so.

I'm a smart enough person to know that I don't want everyone to be cookie-cutter versions of the nine guys who wear Converse sneakers.

If I could make a record in two minutes and thirty seconds, I'd do it. I want the creativity, and I don't give a f - k about the snare sound.

Someday I'm going to go onstage in a dress if I want to.

There's nothing about the way my life unfolded that should be seen as at all prescriptive for what anybody else wants to do.

You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different.

To be what you always wanted to be, step away from conformity.

If you follow the herd, people may mistake you for a cow.

Live like you want to, not how anyone else wants you to.

The anarch wages his own wars, even when marching in rank and file

Why is she trying so hard to hide? She's never been a follower.

she had said it approvingly, as a compliment. Or, was she mocking him? He remembered she carried snakes in her pocket and the usual rules didn't apply to her.

I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era had nothing to do with the common music of this era. I was experimenting, I was searching for something new.

Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.