Bjork Quotes

A lot of people believe that if everybody just did what they were told - obeyed - everything would be fine. But that's not what life is all about. That's not real. It's never going to happen.

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

I didn't do anything with the thought that I want to go against society or bend any rules.

I'm not going to be a rebel and offend anybody, but I'm not going to live in somebody else's image.

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not.

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.

You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have to fit it.

I don't want to live up to how people expect me to be.

Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me.

Every single person, pretty much, is taught what they're supposed to do: go to school, get a job, find someone to love, get married, have kids, raise the kids, and then die. Nobody questions that. What if you want to do something different?

Conforming is not cool.

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

I wore a coat and tie all through high school: my way of being rebellious in the late 1950s.

I don't care what anyone says. It's my life, and I can do what I like.

Some days, I think maybe we should try and be a little more conventional, but every time I try, I fail, so I'm learning to not even entertain that thought anymore.

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

Basically, I hate conformity. I hate people telling me what to do. It makes me want to smash things. So-called normal behaviour patterns make me so bored, I could throw up!

“I would rather err with the majority than in my own way.” So thought Saint Augustine. I am of the reverse opinion.

To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.

Conservatism and respectability have their values, certainly; but has not the unconventional its values also?

Gotta know the rules to break the rules.

I'm not scary. It's scary for people to see someone being nonconformist.

I'm not a blender. I don't like people who blend into society.