Mary Gauthier Quotes

I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.

I think I'm better at playing difficult than I am at being normal.

I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is.

I don't know if I thrive in normal life.

I don't have a normal life.

An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.

I realized my life was not going to be, per se, normal.

I do feel like I have always, in my life, been inclined to be on the outside, walk a different path or something. Because of that, and increasingly over the years, my sense of distance from mainstream society or from the way culture works, I have a different kind of perception of it.

I have these habits. I'm not a crazy artist. Or am I?

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.

It sounds really stupid, I hate making cosmic comments like this but, I just let it do what it wants to do.

I wish I were kind of normal. It would be so much more simple.

I realize that my life is not the common ordinary person.

Parents talk a lot about how much strength and dedication it takes to raise a child. I think it also takes a lot of strength and dedication to carve out a life that doesn't seem normal to anyone else.

People call me wild. Not really though, I'm not. I guess I've never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I'm country.

I guess I'm attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

I'm not really this rock'n'roll chick.

In the same way, there is some creature gnawing away inside of me, urging me to do things in different ways.

I know I'm never going to be a big pop star, because I'm not willing to conform.

I'm not that rebellious. There's a part of me that wishes I was that.

There's some bohemian part of me where the idea of falling back on something meant I expected to fail.

It was strange to go off the path that everyone takes and not finish college, but it's been a great adventure.

I love being the underdog. I'm cool in my dog house.

I never wanted a traditional lifestyle. I'm not that kind of person.