Tony Iommi Quotes

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

I don't like following in people's footsteps; I like making my own trail.

The first rule of survival is: Make your own rules. The hell anyone thinks about the way you're acting; listen only to yourself.

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

Do your own thing. Speak in your voice.

I am very into making up my own rules.

I've never been the sort of guy who wants to emulate this guy or that guy. I just try to forge my own path.

I don't want to follow in anyone's footsteps. I want to follow my own path and do something unique.

I always wanted to beat my own path.

Everybody has to have his own style, his own game. Everybody has to be himself. I'm listening to nobody. I have my own mind, my own heart.

I had my own mind made up in that I was going to do my own thing. I wasn't going to copy from this guy or that guy.

Certainly, I don't believe in rebellion for its own sake. But I think if you strive to do something in an individualistic way, you just become a rebel by definition.

Follow no path. Make your own.

Be neither a conformist or a rebel, for they are really the same thing. Find your own path, and stay on it.

You don't have to follow anybody's conventions.