Howard Jacobson Quotes

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

I wanted to be myself. Only myself.

Don't change for nobody.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

Do your own thing. Speak in your voice.

Be your own person and don't listen to anyone who says differently. We are all unique!

Everyone is being told by society to talk this way, to dress that way, to be this person or to be that person, and it's so important to just maintain a sense of self.

People will always try to change you. They will always want you to be who they want you to be. That's fine because I'll always be exactly who I want to be.

I pride myself on being unique in my own right. I wanted to be myself.

Always be yourself and rebel against what people tell you should be and be whatever you want to.

He who fears to be out of the mode does not deserve to belong to himself.

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

You need to be your own individual.

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.

I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man!

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

I think one of the most important things I can give my children is the right to be themselves.

I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum.

The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular.