Liz Phair Quotes

You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you're tagged as an oddball.

I've never been very good at fitting into boxes.

I love being unconventional because that's the reason I stand out.

Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I didn't set out to go against the grain.

Let's embrace being not normal!

So Am I' is about loving yourself, being different, being an outcast and not fitting in the format that society wants to put us in - just celebrating what really makes you different.

I don't think there's anything traditional about me.

I've always looked around and pretty much knew that I was built a little different.

People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.

I like being the odd one out in L.A. Because if you conform, you become something you hate. I love being the odd one out. It's not about 'Look at me! Look at me!' It's about really becoming someone else.

Never follow the crowd.

I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it.

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

Conforming is not cool.

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 think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world.

I think giving yourself permission to be weird is amazing. After all what does it mean to be normal?

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

As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

I'm not your cookie-cutter athlete, and that scares people. People don't know how to take that.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

I always prided myself in being different.

I always wanted to be different. If it was different I liked it. And it wasn't because I was just trying so hard to be different, it's just by nature.

It is difficult to be that band that doesn't do things the way other bands do it. It's a blessing and a curse.