Kurt Braunohler Quotes

When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.

Throughout my teens, I just wanted to go somewhere I could wear a Donald Duck pin and no one would care.

I was a loudmouth rock star when I was still in college. Purple hair this week, green hair next week, blond hair the week after. I was doing that fashion before it was really cool.

I would wear entirely one color: tutus, furry pants. It was totally outrageous. My family was deeply embarrassed to be seen with me.

I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!

I like when people do cool stuff that might be a little off-the-wall to anybody else, but they found a way to make it work for that day. I wouldn't recommend that people wear it every day like that, but if you every once in a while just spice it up, I like that. I dare to be different.

I don't feel like me unless I have my hair shaved. So even when I'm an old lady, I'm going to have it.

I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.

I want to show that we all have the right to be ourselves, and I certainly don't want to freeze time.

I would describe my style as off the wall. I like stuff that doesn't match. I just like to stand out.

I don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else.

I'd wear clogs, short pants and ladies' bracelets. I created this aura for myself.

When I'm at an event, I like to be an eccentric dresser. I will just keep wearing what I like.

I think we're quite unique in that we do have our own sound and approach and we don't really care what's going on elsewhere... we've never wanted to be part of another trend or movement.

It took me a long time to square with the fact that none of my experiences are typical - I'm not a typical American, but I'm also not a typical Muslim.

People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.

When I heard 'Dookie' by Green Day for the first time, it unlocked something in me, like, it's totally okay that I'm a little bit weird because these guys are a little bit weird. It made me want to pick up an instrument and do that.

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.

If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.

If I probably didn't have tattoos, or if I probably didn't bleach my hair, or if I probably didn't wear blue jeans and a T-shirt to fancy things, if I didn't do things that make me look like someone who's whacked out of their mind, it'd probably be different. But then again, that's how I wanna dress.

I don't think there were great beauty trends in the '90s - I was just doing my own thing.

I like wearing things that other people wouldn't want to wear, to be a bit edgy.

I don't have any problems with what these guys wear because they got their own style and their own originality. That's the way it's supposed to be, man.

My nighttime look is exactly like my daytime look - like I'm going to a super fancy funeral. I guess it would be considered extreme to most people, but I like it that way. The idea of conventional beauty isn't attractive to me... that's why, when I was growing up, I felt kind of torn about makeup.

I'm not good at dressing up fancy; I always just do my thing, which is whatever I'm in the mood for.