Jose Bergamin Quotes

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

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with the restrictions of conformity. It made me edgy.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

I never liked being told what to do, so even in school plays, I never liked being an actor.

I don't take well to rules.

We never want to toe the line.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by.

Daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and I told him I'm gonna beat out my own rhythm.

The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life.

Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst excesses of Stalinism or consumerism, the human spirit will still express itself.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.

When there is a huge force pressing down on freedoms, sub-cultures with more creativity and power are likely to form.

I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

I don't care much about conforming.

Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be.

That's what drew me to rock music in the first place - that sense of remaking the world on your own terms.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.