Quotes About Nonconformity

No city owns me, you know what I'm saying? I'm from New York, but no city owns me. Nobody can bottle up my sound and box me in. Yes, I am a rapper, but am I a New York rapper? No. I am from New York, I love New York to death, but I will not conform myself to one place, no.

Although I had the label of being the 'pretty girl rapper with a lot of followers,' I just broke the rules.

Everyone wants to label me, but I don't want to be labeled as a rapper or a movie actor.

If we're evaluating cool to the way other rappers appear to be cool, then I'm not cool at all.

Why still be pretty and all that when there's so many girly female rappers already? You can be a rock star instead.

I was one of the rare guys who never wanted to sign a contract.

I create offbeat advice; I don't follow it. I rarely take third-party advice on my investments.

Absolutely, I don't believe in rules. As I tell my daughter when she is mischievous, 'Well-behaved women rarely make history.'

I hate the word 'cool.' It gives me a rash.

I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here.

I'm not in any rat race. This allows me to take up roles that are traditionally considered risky for a heroine to essay.

I don't think that the next generation should fear just being who they are rather than confirming to an expectation of what they are meant to be.

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather boa!

I am not like Hitchcock, directing the reaction of the public or the audience. I don't like that. I think this is some kind of fascism - 'You need to react like that.' No. No. It's not like this; everyone needs to react as he can.

I'm involved in so many different things, and there are so many profound reactions to what I do because I am big counter culture.

I love the fact that I don't have a real job!

I'm actually a hippy in real life. I had three dreadlocks on the back of my head once. They were spawning.

I've always known and been interested in people who are a little bit off the norm. I like to call attention to the idea that they are there, that they are real people, not invisible.

I still feel about 22. I don't understand, actually. I mean, as I got older, I thought there would be things like, 'I need a house now', 'I need kids', 'I need a licence to drive', but I have never really had that happen. I guess that forms part of my appeal for the people who like the stuff I do: I'm not a real person - I'm a gypsy.

The ability to create anything I want without rules is the real thing I love about drag.

If you're building a fantasy world that exists outside of the rules of our real world, why would you write it to conform to the rules and binaries that we have today? Why still limit yourself?

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.

Living off the grid and being kind of an outlaw brings a dangerous reality.

I like girls who really don't care what other people are thinking - girls who are a little goofy. I think that's sexy.