Neon Hitch Quotes

Now everybody's got a crazy notion of their own. Some like to mix up with a crowd, some like to be alone. It's no one elses' business as far as I can see, but every time that I go out the people stare at me, with me little ukulele in me hand.

I've always kinda been a little outcast myself, a little oddball, doin' my thing, my own way. And it's been hard for me to, to be accepted, certainly in the early years of my life.

I never wanted to be part of any scene, I never wanted to be a part of anything, I wanted to do my own thing. Those are the lessons I learned from punk rock.

With rock and metal, I think a lot of people connect with the lyrics because they feel like they don't fit in.

I feel like everyone should dye their hair a weird color. If you hate it, you can just dye it back.

Songs don't have to be about going out on Saturday night and having a good rink-up and driving home and crashing cars. A lot of what I've done is about alienation... about where you fit in society.

Even if we're not doing anything wrong, there are certain things we want to do that we don't think can withstand the scrutinizing eye of other people. And those are often the most important things that we do. The things we do when other people are watching are things that are conformist, obedient, normal, and unnotable.

Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?

When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.

I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.

I wear anything I feel like. If I want to put on a pair of Converse with a pencil stuck through them, I will.

I was a rebel and I wanted to do something that nobody else did, and nobody else played the cello. Also, I was also a small kid and I liked the fact that it was big.

Having seen TED from a distance, I always thought if ever there was a place for someone like me, the outcasts, people who maintained who they are despite being told what they were, it was TED.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place.

Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

I've always been a misfit.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

Conforming happens so naturally that we can forget how powerful it is. But the thing that makes us human are those times we listen to the whispers of our soul and allow ourselves to be pulled in another direction.

I liked Amy Winehouse a lot. I liked the way she did what she wanted, and she wasn't fazed about the press being on her back. I loved her songs so much.

I've never really fit in.

I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things.

I'm not a blender. I don't like people who blend into society.

I don't fit into a group very well socially. And that might be reflected in my music.

I'm definitely gonna be an outcast.