Malcolm Mclaren Quotes

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

I am very into making up my own rules.

I've had the basic courage and confidence to never follow convention.

You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold.

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

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.

Freedom lies in being bold.

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

Other people will call me a rebel, but I just feel like I'm living my life and doing what I want to do. Sometimes people call that rebellion, especially when you're a woman.

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

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

I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom.

When I was younger I was trying to do what I wanted to do, not what the game wanted me to do.

Motley Crue, collectively and individually, have done things on our own terms.

All I've done all my life is disobey.

We don't want power, we don't want to be congressmen, bankers, we want to be ourselves.

Dare to be Free.

A lot of times, the people who have the confidence to say, 'I don't know what the rules are, so I'm just going to do what I want,' are the most exciting people.

Who ever lives life on their own terms?

To be truly free, you should be ready to risk everything for freedom.

It's a lot of fun to identify with a character who lives by their own rules.