Martin Freeman Quotes

Being a mod is more of a sensibility than a style.

I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.

You ready? I have gold teeth, I have braids, I'm wearing Rick Owens moon boots, I have rips in my denim, a biker vest, I love artsy girls, my favourite artists are Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. I'm obsessed with being different.

Growing up in Seattle, I was always that kid who didn't subscribe to what everyone else was wearing.

Good fashion is like rock music: all anarchy and revolt.

I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me.

The Dolls were an attitude. If nothing else they were a great attitude.

I ain't trying to keep up with the trends - the hats, the hair colours, the dress codes.

I was a bit of a loner at school because I was into what I was into, that sort of scene; that is where the whole mod thing started, when I was 14-15.

I hate to do what everybody else is doing. Why, only last week, on Fifth Avenue and some cross streets, I noticed that every feminine citizen of these United States wore an artificial posy on her coat or gown. I came home and ripped off every one of the really lovely refrigerator blossoms that were sewn on my own bodices.

My attitude is if fashion says it's forbidden, I'm going to do it.

I don't look at fashion the way other people do.

I can show up at a Goldman Sachs conference wearing a Judas Priest T-shirt - and I have - while everyone else is wearing the same dress.

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

I love fashion. For me, it's always interesting because I like to be able to mix up different styles and different brands, kind of like how my music taste or personality is. There's lots of influences.

You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.

I love fashion and am not scared to deviate from the norm.

What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.

In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.

Rock n' roll is not just a fashion statement; it is the attitude, and it has a political posturing as well.

Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.

I always thought that there was something in hip-hop culture that was the misfit of all the musical styles, where they didn't really belong. They're kind of like, 'No, we're a real culture! We're not going anywhere, you can't get rid of us!' I really liked that there was a rebelliousness about it. I connected with that.

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.