Dimebag Darrell Quotes

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book. My old man used to flip out whenever I would try to branch out and do something different. Although he didn't do it on purpose, he really held me back in the beginning.

I definitely like taking the dark horse approach and picking people you should not be getting behind, and you figure out a way to get behind them.

Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Throughout my entire life, I constantly tried to fight normality. I hate it. I hate the idea of it. I hate routine. I hate anything that feels remotely regular or right.

To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.

I don't like the idea of fitting into a mould so as to conform. What I like is the danger, the difference - being unpredictable.

I am a contrarian.

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.

We've never tried to fit any mould because we already broke the one we started.

It's important to be unconventional.

I follow the rules until I go against them all.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

Since I know how crazy this business is, I do the opposite of what I see other people doing.

I've got a feeling that with the best coppers - and in fact the best people in any field of work - what sets them apart is a maverick quality. People who are not afraid to bend the rules in order to achieve the universally desired end.

I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

I've always shied away from conventional wisdom, though I know the power of it.

My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit.

I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.

You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.

Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.