Tom Robbins Quotes

Justice Rehnquist was friendly and unpretentious. He wore scuffed Hush Puppy shoes. That was my first lesson. Clothes do not make the man. The Justice sported long sideburns and Buddy Holly glasses long after they were fashionable. And he wore loud ties that I am confident were never fashionable.

I never want to be one of those artists who feels untouchable and extraordinary. I have to be genuine.

Be a true Heart, not a follower.

Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be.

I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything.

I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices.

I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.

I don't think I do look like an A-Lister. I'm more interested in being comfortable in my own skin than trying to be somebody I'm not. Gimme jeans, an old T-shirt, cowboy boots and a baseball cap any day.

I like down-to-earth people.

I'm not the guy that wants to be famous and make loads of money and sell loads of records. I don't want that. I just want to be true. I want to be... I want to serve music. I want to be honest.

I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.

The main thing is to keep it simple, keep it real, be honest and pull no stunts. You can't forget where you started and came from.

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.

I'm not intelligent. I'm not arrogant. I'm just like the people who read my books. I used to have a jazz club, and I made the cocktails and I made the sandwiches. I didn't want to become a writer - it just happened.

To maintain one's individuality, integrity, and true personality in the theatre is a big task.

If you can remain true to the people who know you the best and not be sidetracked by the flashing lights and glimmering of the cameras, it's like, just being down-to-earth and just kind of staying real.

I remain very much connected to my childhood... I have never been too jaded or too sophisticated.

I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.

Independence .... is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.

Maybe it goes away, but this is the way I've chosen to live: I want to go down or rise up as an artist. I don't want to get swept up in lipstick or whatever the hell.

I know I am old-fashioned, but I don't want to bring out a fashion line, I don't want to bring out an album. I just want to do the work as best as I can, and if that effects change for somebody, then that is great. I don't want to change the world.

I'm not willing to drag my fans down a road I don't believe in. That's just my one little principle. I've only got one, and that's it.