John Frusciante Quotes

I'm probably going to forever be weird.

People only look at my beard for a moment. Then it melts away and it's just another part of me. It's like the most natural thing, that this is what a bearded lady looks like. It's beautiful to see.

I like feeling a bit of an outcast where I am. I've always been that way. Somehow, I fit in by not fitting in.

If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

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.'

I've definitely accepted the fact that I'm not normal.

I consider myself just as normal as anybody else.

I don't think I'm boring.

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.

I'm not an oddball.

It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.

When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?

Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

I am normal. In fact, I think I might be more normal than anyone else.

It's okay to be a freak.

If you're different, or if you think something about you is just weird and out of the ordinary, I just think that's so dope.

All I've ever wanted is to be normal.

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.

When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you.

One of my mantras is, 'Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.' I keep that with me in my back pocket. Shoot, I keep it in my front pocket! I keep it in my hair.

I've always been a little off, but it's worked really well for me, and it still works. After so many years, you have a look, you become a brand, la la la.

I really love being a redhead. Even though it's not my natural colour, it makes me feel more like myself.

I was definitely considered different growing up. I learned that being me was all right because my family celebrated those differences.

I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny - I looked like me.