David Antin Quotes

I don't follow what everybody else does.

I don't run behind authority.

There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'

I'm not a very good yes man, and I'm not very easily controlled.

I ain't got nothing to prove to nobody.

I've never been one to check for what the next person is doing. My circumstances and my mind have set me apart and I will never blend in.

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

You need to be your own individual.

I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.

A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.

I don't like people telling me what to do. I'm very independent.

I've never been a yes man.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'

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.

I am definitely an individual.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

To leave in search of yourself, of your real needs, is easier when you don't have to justify yourself to anyone, when there are not too many people bestowing you their attention.

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

I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.

I'm not the type of person that is forced.

There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.