Molly Ivins Quotes

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

I had never been to Texas. I'd been through Texas, but I'm so glad to be back in a place that's not L.A. or New York. To talk about Dallas, to talk about there being sweet tea on the catering table, it's rich and saturated in American-ness.

Things come in waves, and I'm always more interested in places like, for instance, Chicago, where people don't follow fashion. They're not galloping past your window on the way to the latest anything. They're living their lives. You do a play, they come and see it and say, 'That's nice', and then they go home.

There's something about Southern characters.

I'm a little quirky, a little offbeat, and I'm certainly not a classic beauty.

Most Americans never work as hard as when they're trying to appear normal, and in New Orleans, we just don't bother with that.

Texas kind of operates as if we're our own little country.

The Bay, they got their own sound, they don't try to be like nobody. They smooth out there.

I am constantly reminded that as Texans, we are exceptional people.

I really admire Vivienne Westwood because she always done her own thing. She is eccentric but really great at the same time.

Follow your own weird.

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

I'm timeless, I got that Dickensian, London street-urchin look in high school. I'll never be in style, but I'll always be different.

Be different; be unique; be yourself.

Good rock 'n' roll is something that makes you feel alive. It's something that's human, and I think that most music today isn't. ... To me good rock 'n' roll also encompasses other things, like Hank Williams and Charlie Mingus and a lot of things that aren't strictly defined as rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll is an attitude, it's not a musical form of a strict sort. It's a way of doing things, of approaching things. Writing can be rock 'n' roll, or a movie can be rock 'n' roll. It's a way of living your life.

To be like other people is to be unlike ourselves.

People might look at you as super-weird, but if that's your obsession, go for it. I do like a lot of mainstream stuff, and sometimes I also like different stuff. I tend to always root for the underdog.

Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and they are so weird. That's what makes them funny and captivating.

Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.

I don't think it's the most important thing in life to fit it. I think it's the most important thing in life to dance to the beat of your own drum and to look like you're having more fun than the people who look cool like they fit in.

I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.

One must renounce the bad taste of wishing to agree with many people.

Mylife might be little and boring, but at least it’s mine - not some assembly-line, secondhand, hand-me-down life.

Just do something that makes you stand out. Even if not everyone likes it, just do it.

Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.