Florence Griffith Joyner Quotes

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.

Never follow the crowd.

I don't follow what everybody else does.

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

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

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

I don't want to follow 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 always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

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

I don't like the idea of fitting into a mould so as to conform. What I like is the danger, the difference - being unpredictable.

I'd rather dance in a corner than dance in a circle.

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

One man's style must not be the rule of another's.

It's fun to be a little bit different in the world, to make a few new trails of your own.

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

I don't feel like I've ever fit into a specific mold ever since I was very young. That's what so cool about YouTube is that you can do whatever you want.

I think my brand is just being authentic and being me. Everybody goes right, I go left.

We went and made our own scene and did our own thing.

We not trying to do what everybody else is doing.

I kind of go to the beat of my own drum.

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.