Nicolas Winding Refn Quotes

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

Growing up with Bronx Irish parents during an era of protests against the status quo, I was especially committed to doing the opposite of what I was told to do. Forty-four years later, I am left with only one means of making a living: comedy.

It wasn't really part of the program in the Perot family. Rebellion was not an option.

I was quietly rebellious. My parents thought I was very good but secretly I did things like saying I was staying in one place and going somewhere else instead. My older sister was openly rebellious and would tell my parents where to go, but I never did that.

Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive!

How do you rebel in a family of rebels?

When you're 15 whatever your parents tell you you should do, you're not going to do it.

Rap always has that undertone of rebellion and I just wanted to explore it. I felt there was a rebel within me who was against everything - the education system and teachers, and even my parents.

What I was really into as a kid, anything that drove my mother crazy or made her nervous, and not much has changed.

I had hippie parents, and I found it difficult to figure out how to rebel against them.

Whenever possible, I operate outside the system.

As soon as you tell me to do one thing, I do the opposite. As soon as someone tells me not to get any more tattoos, I have this intense fire burning inside me to cover myself with them. I don't care if it's self-destructive. I just have that need to rebel.

I didn't rebel in the way a lot of people do.

Ideologically, the pursuit of science is not that different from the ideology that goes into punk rock. The idea of challenging authority is consistent with what I have been taught as a scientist.

My problem has always been with authority, and I'm sure if anybody understands that, it's people in uniform.

I was the only guy with any bit of anarchy left.

You always rebel what your parents want you to listen to.

The compulsion to do the opposite of what you are told does not lend itself to many occupations outside the entertainment industry. Within the industry, it is unlikely that you will be very successful without it.

I'm not looking to shock anyone.

I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office.

I basically became a cheerleader because I had a very strict mom. That was my way of being a bad girl.

It's true that I've never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

I like breaking the rules.