Mick Ralphs Quotes

I have to admit, I was a little bit of a misfit.

I am who I am. I was never 'in,' as they say. Never.

I'd like to be an original, to be myself and not a pale copy of anyone else.

I just don't fit into the box.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

I just am who I am. And then when people label me eccentric or different, I'm kind of astonished because I think, 'This is completely normal. This is just how I am, it's how I've always been.'

In my movies, I'm not trying to erase any old image of myself, really. And also I'm not trying to imitate anyone or follow in their footsteps, because I know, Burt Reynolds was just one of the people that told me this, I know how you can only last in this business if you got something special to offer, just by being yourself.

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 don't like to look typical.

I was somewhat out of place among my classmates; I could not be as bohemian as they were.

I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.

When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.

Labels don't mean anything to me. I'm trying to play as passionately as I'm able to. If they want to call that cool, that's fine. Just spell the name right, is the formula.

If I am not grotesque, I am nothing.

I had no interest in being your basic vanilla girl. I've been lucky enough that I haven't had to play that.

I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual.

I never thought I was normal, never tried to be normal.

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.

I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique.

Did you ever feel as if the whole world was a tuxedo, and you were a pair of brown shoes?

Did you ever get the feeling that the world is a tuxedo and you're a pair of brown shoes?

Very often, people are obsessed with what others think of them. It's like if a flower wants to be a cactus or a palm but it's not. A flower is a flower, and that's enough. That's all you have to do is be a flower.

I didn't want to be anyone else.

I'm not a brand name, I'm a person.