Fiona Apple Quotes

It's what's missing, I think, from most music - the rebellious part. That rebelliousness is part of great rock music or great literature or any great creative stuff.

I so never went through a bad-girl period.

I've always been in a rebel.

I was such a punk.

I was a total bad girl growing up.

I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That's part of my image, so it's cool.

I think every girl has a little bit of rebellion inside. It's always fun to not follow every trend and not be the perfect good girl. It's edgy to be a little rebellious.

I look like a sweet, corn-fed kid. My roles are my rebellion.

I just have to go against the grain. I mean, I can be objective and do what I need to do, handle my everyday living, follow directions, etc. But there's something that's always been attracted to that taboo. It's been like that since I was a child.

Not a lot of people would think that I spent most of my early years totally rebelling against anything I could, getting suspended from school, going on demonstrations.

The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.

I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

Hell, have I been a hell-raiser!

I never said I was a 'good girl.' I'm not a bad girl.

The youth in India tend to be rebellious, as with everywhere else, and that makes Shiva exciting. He has the rebellious qualities that the youths like.

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.

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.

The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.

I love playing the bad girl.

You know, I was a school rebel. Whatever they said do, I didn't do. I was totally anti-everything.

I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.

I wanted to be a rebel so badly.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

People like casting me as these characters who definitely have an edge to them, but I don't really think 'bad boy' is something anyone can say about themselves without sounding stupid.

My fans like the rebel in me.