Kara Walker Quotes

We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in our music.

I've always felt that if something is polarizing, that's usually the stuff I like the most. If something is taking a chance and is willing to be weird, that's my favorite thing. I know there's somebody out there who hates it.

I've always liked music that has a darker vein to it. I come from such a safe upbringing - very stable, classic family, everything's nice and good - I was always looking for something different.

I've always been attracted to things that are taboo. I've never been afraid to go to that dark place.

Art should offend people because art should challenge people.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

I am proud being an artist who takes risks, who would walk off a cliff artistically. I won't settle for commercial reasons.

I'm more attracted to the bad guys. Why? Because in real life, I don't know any good guys. I know okay guys. I know polite guys. I know people who can control themselves.

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

What's missing from pop music is danger.

I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.

All good art is an indiscretion.

I'm like a renegade and that rubs people wrong.

We do not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic.

'Hedwig' was pretty much all the things I wanted to do that other people said I probably shouldn't do: drag, punk rock, stand-up comedy... You know, combine them all in a thing that's supremely uncommercial from the objective point of view.

Playing the good guy is boring. I love twisted, flawed characters.

As an artist, I have been a risk-taker. And I've done a lot of different things. I don't make it easy for people. Identification is difficult. One doesn't recognize my art right away.

I think rock should always stay a little bit outside the pale; I think it should remain a little bit dangerous - a little bit ornery, as the Americans say.

I don't think there's anything traditional about me.

We've always been a band that questions things.

A lot of people like structure, so there's definitely a risk with being an artist that a lot of people aren't really willing to take.

I just like to do things that aren't supposed to be done.

I've always been a guy who goes against everything people say.

I've been anything but an establishment kind of guy.