Zack de la Rocha Quotes

I was a pretty good kid, but I also knew when it was worth breaking the rules. I don't think that makes you a rebel, though, because that's still exercising some type of caution.

I couldn't follow nobody's rules.

I didn't break the rules, but I challenged the rules.

I follow the rules until I go against them all.

I was a real rebel. I got expelled.

A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen.

I wasn't a good rule-breaker when I was younger.

I never quite toed the line.

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.

To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.

I simply refuse to play by the rules.

Gotta know the rules to break the rules.

I don't take well to rules.

I don't follow the rules!

I didn't do anything with the thought that I want to go against society or bend any rules.

Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind.

I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?

I believe rules are meant to be broken.

Just make sure your children hate authority and they'll do fine.

Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority.

I have never listened to authority. It is not in my DNA.

Whenever possible, I operate outside the system.

People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.

Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.