John Ridley Quotes

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

In the age of the individual's liquidation, the question of individuality must be raised anew.

I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.

The free, self-determining, self-developing soul may not walk its own path, however innocently, but must fit into the scheme and pattern …

I don't belong to anyone else but myself. I have to make my own decisions. Happiness is defined by me.

Individualism is a formidable lie.

I love to have my own story, my own path, and forge ahead because my career isn't going to be like anyone else's.

I fight for the right to be an individual. I have to be meself.

If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me.

I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself.

To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in.

I wouldn't push my kids to do anything. I want them to be happy, healthy, and I want them to be who they want to be, you know?

I intend to be me. Whatever that is.

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system.

I wanted to use my possibility to be an individual, and I suppose I have, no?

Become your dream, and not be told what you are supposed to do.

I have the freedom to take chances, to say no. I have the freedom to be who I really want to be, rather than have to conform to this or that just to stay alive.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I believe in letting each person find what they need and not getting involved with their destiny.

I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.

I don't have to be what you want me to be.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

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

I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.

Don't let anybody tell you different, man: The main goal in life careerwise should always be to try to get paid to simply be yourself.