Dylan Moran Quotes

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.

I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum.

The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at that point in time and not to be worried with what other people are doing or what's popular.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

Living courageously in your uniqueness is really important: just being completely yourself. I know that sounds really cliche, but just do what you want to do.

I don't want to emulate anyone.

Do you want to be strangely various, or do you want to be purely yourself? Either way, revere no one.

You need to be your own individual.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

No, because I don't want to hear what's hot and feel I have to copy it. I'll just make up my own thing.

You can wear whatever, be whatever, do whatever you want.

We have never considered our brand superior or inferior to any other one, and we have never spoken about our work in comparison to anyone else's. We are ourselves; we have never had the presumption to please everyone, but we believe in the utmost liberty to express oneself.

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

I didn't want to be anyone else.

The American people ... have a stake in con-conformity, for they know that the American genius is non-conformist.

Be your own person and don't listen to anyone who says differently. We are all unique!

People always ask me who my role models are and who I want to be like, and I don't wanna be like anybody; I wanna be me. I look up to a lot of people, and they have had great influences on me, but I wanna be original and different.

I want to be free to be any version of me I feel like being. I don't want to be McDonald's that serves the same food every time.