Danny Elfman Quotes

I literally just do whatever I want to do.

I don't care what anyone says. It's my life, and I can do what I like.

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

I would rather just do the things I want to do.

I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what other people think or say? You're not living in their pocket.

We have the right to be idiots.

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.

I want to do what I want to do, when I want to do it.

I just don't like people to be dictated to. I think you should dress however you want.

I think that not being proactive is a good thing. I like life to unfold on its own.

I do what I want. Everybody does what he likes. What is so unique about it?

I'm just doing what I want. I'm not thinking, like, 'Today I'm going to dress like a woman.' I'm not even thinking about that. I'm just thinking, 'I want to wear this today; I want to be this today.'

I smile when I want to smile. I don't want to be forced.

I can't help but do things my own way.

I'm very much of an individual myself, and I do things sometimes that the next person probably won't, or wouldn't, do because they're not me.

If someone doesn't like something, it's their prerogative not to like it. It's not possible to please everyone. That doesn't mean that I'm going to change my mental make-up. I follow my instinct.

I wear what I want to wear and I do what I want to do and I think everyone should do that.

I definitely prefer to write under my own volition and see what happens.

I'm not trying to live anybody else's life.

I don't feel like anyone should follow what I did.

I think that's an idea that's always appealed to us - to let something go where it wants to.

You just gotta live your life and do it your way.

I'm living my life the way I want to live it, and not the way people think I should.

What I prized most was freedom, freedom to do my work, to give myself spontaneously and not out of duty or by command. I could not submit to such demands; rather would I choose the path of a homeless wanderer; yes, even go without love.

Your personal freedom to experience yourself and life as you wish is not being limited. Step into your choices and stop telling yourself that you can't, when what you really mean is that you don't want other people to feel the way you think that are going to feel when they see you making the choices you really want to make.