Donald Byrd Quotes

Nothing that I've done has been conventional. I didn't go with a major label, I didn't sign up with the bigwig management that basically has everyone but doesn't have time for anyone. I didn't win 'Idol' - I was seventh. I don't do anything how everybody else does it.

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

I like being unconventional.

We not trying to do what everybody else is doing.

Never follow the crowd.

I don't live by a lot of society's rules; I can't pattern myself after the herd.

I followed my own self and individuality so much that it automatically made me a game changer or set me apart from others. I did not think it was necessary to do things the way others are doing it.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.

I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.

I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.

As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.

I don't want to follow the herd.

People like to put you into a box. I'm afraid I don't sit in a box.

Since I'm a contrarian, I don't want to go along with what everyone else thinks.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

I have a suspicion of lockstep and everyone looking in the same direction: that's a key character trait in me.

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

Conventional is not for me. I like things that are uniquely Flo. I like being different.

You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

I follow my instincts. Maybe I'd be more successful in my business and my private life if I did things like everybody else. But I just feel like I'm different from everybody else.