Lupe Fiasco Quotes

I was never your average artist, happy to do whatever the record company told me.

I’m not going to start churning out what you expect. If you want me to be a manufactured act, you can f*** off.

The student will try to defy the master. Always.

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.

I don't push buttons to push buttons. Throwing the rebel card out there is really cheap.

No one man can give up the rebellion for any other man.

Tell the House of Lords to go to hell.

I simply refuse to play by the rules.

The more people were telling me that I couldn't come to school with make-up on my eyes, the next day I would just make my eyes even darker, and with black hair.

My outlook was, 'You're not my moms; you can't tell me what to do.' I got expelled from about 20 schools.

Do you question my authority? I am the headmistress of Evernight!" It was Balthazar who answered her by casually slinging his crossbow back upon his shoulder so that it just happened to be aimed straight at Mrs. Bethany. He wasn't threatening her, exactly, but it was very clear that he wasn't going to back down. As she jerked upright in shock, Balthazar drawled, "School's out.

What pisses me off is when I've got seven or eight record company fat pig men sitting there telling me what to wear.

Maybe I’ll keep you.” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet human around. I could teach you tricks.” “I have a trick for you,” said Artemis, and he fired a single blast from the gun.

I am your Prince and you will marry me," Humperdinck said. Buttercup whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse." "I am you Prince and you cannot refuse." "I am your loyal servant and I just did." "Refusal means death." "Kill me then.

Do you—do you think I want to—do you think I give a—I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY!" Harry roared. "You will," said Dumbledore sadly. "Because you are not nearly as mad at me as you ought to be. If you are to attack me, as I know you are close to doing, I would like to have thoroughly earned it.

If you are not their slaves, you are rebels.

I tilted my chin up a fraction. "You can't f-force me to stay here." I'd only agreed to come this far because I didn't want to stand out in the downpour, for one, and I had high hopes of finding a phone, for two. "That sounded more like a question than a statement," said Patch. "Then ans-s-swer it." His rogue smile crept out. "It's hard to concentrate on answers with you looking like that." I glanced down at Patch's black shirt, wet and clinging to my body. I brushed past him and shut the bathroom door between us.

Kill if you will, but command me nothing!

Those who disagree with the dictator's plan have no other means to carry on than to defeat the despot by force of arms.

Disobedience- that is the nobility of slaves.

Things like rebellion and resistance to authority are absolutely as much a part of the human experience as love and cars are, and it's a part that doesn't get covered very much in pop music.

No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles

Devoid of all romance, the music plays and everyone must dance. I'm bowing out.

But I got this far, didn’t I?” he said slowly. “They thought I’d die in the attempt, but I’m here . . . and you’re in my power. . . . I’m the one with the wand. . . . you’re at my mercy. . .

Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority.