Quotes About Nonconformity

I pride myself on being tragically uncool.

I was always more of a Lydia Deeds than a Disney Princess, so anything offbeat like that, I would love to be a part of.

Jordans? No. I thought mohawks, leather jackets, studs, piercings, colored hair, leopard print, platforms, all the bondage wear, I thought that was the coolest thing.

I guess I'm dedicated to breaking every inherited mould I can in my private life.

I'm an anti-standard operating procedure guy.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

I don't care at all about the mainstream; I don't care about popularity contests; I don't care about who's got the biggest-selling album; and I don't care about glossy production.

I don't think I was ever cut out for a 9 to 5 white collared profession.

I'm appealing to people who want something different, but the world, on the whole, doesn't really embrace different things. Not on the whole.

I get attracted to different things. I have a different take on everything. I like to do different things. I don't like the regular stuff.

I knew nothing about the industry, I didn't go to fashion school, but I was brave enough to do things in a different way.

Young designers will often look at things in a different way, and when I was first designing, that's exactly how I felt. People would say, 'That is wrong,' but 'That' was how I wanted it.

I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people.

If you are going to think the same as everyone else and do the same as everyone else, you will end up being the same as everyone else. In today's competitive environment you have to think a bit differently.

We want people to know they shouldn't feel like social pariahs just because they want to dress differently or listen to rock n' roll.

I am an undiplomatic diplomat.

I'm not confused about what's happening in fashion, because I follow my own direction and go.

I was never good at school, couldn't get a job. I was a disaster when I tried to do things the way the world wanted me to.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

I've never been able to accept any kind of discipline.

I think I've always had a disconnect from what I'm supposed to be like.

I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.

When Wes came back to Limp Bizkit, we really wanted to do something different. We wanted to make a core record that we didn't care who liked or who disliked.

Guys look best when they have a healthy disrespect for their clothes.