Matthew Ramsey Quotes

If you're not polarizing, you failed, in my opinion.

A famous man once said, 'A sure formula for failure is to try and please everyone.' Some might say I built a career on doing just the opposite of pleasing everyone.

I'm like Madonna, I'm not afraid to offend.

I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.

My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.

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

I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'

The idea is not to please the most amount of people. Growing up in Versailles, the idea was to please the least amount of people.

I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.

I'm certainly not a baby kissing, hand slapping, rah rah good guy. I definitely think there's more of an edge to my character.

One thing is clear: Ron Paul defies labels.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

I don't like to look typical.

I naturally want to be provocative.

I like controversy. The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is.

There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.

I always do things that are not the flavour of the season. And that's why people like me.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

I like to shock people.

I've got a soft spot for true individuals.

Of all the labels and tags and epithets people have forced upon me, there's one I don't dislike. I get called the 'enfant terrible.' In every article, it's always there. So I have to give that a meaning.

I get a kick out of not being ideal. I think it's awesome. That's entirely the point. And I think my creator is quite a character for letting that be.

I feel like I want to keep moving toward idiosyncracy. Personal, personal, personal.

I wasn't the guy everyone liked. I was the guy that wouldn't shut up.