I like to shock people.

Yes, I'm a homosexual and I like to shock people with glamour.

— Rufus Wainwright

With my classical training and coming from a metal band, producers didn't know what to expect. I like to shock people, though.

— Tarja Turunen

I do like to shock and surprise people. When it's all in good fun, of course.

— Ruth Warrick

I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.

— John Osborne

We're not trying to shock people with our image.

— Andy Biersack

It's no longer possible to find something which will shock other people, because everything has already been done.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

My plan is to shock people with what I can do, because I've got a few sides to me that I've never used on…

— Lucy Lawless

Only artists without talent try to shock people.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

I was a Reagan backer. It was a shock for some people that I could agree with anything that man would say.

— Neil Young

You can look at a finale as chance to make an impact or a statement, to shock people or shoot a big cannon and…

— Alex Hirsch

I want to shock people. I want to do roles that nobody else can do.

— Kashmira Shah

I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action.

— Graham Nash

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do.

— Jonah Hill

Don't be afraid to shock people or be unexpected.

— Rege-Jean Page

I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

— Ai Weiwei