“I don't care what the editor likes or dislikes, I care what the people like.”

“And I don't care what anybody says; I like doing it, and it's what I shall continue to do”

David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger

“I don't care what people think about me, I care what they think about themselves.”

Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress

“I don't care what they think of me,
And I don't care what they say.
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'.
I'm gonna beg you to stay.
I don't care if they start to avoid me.
I don't care what they do.
I don't care about anything else
But bein' with you,
Bein' with you.”

Smokey Robinson (1940) American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer

“I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.”

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970) Lawyer, novelist, travel writer

“I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art, it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.”

Margaret Keane (1927) American artist

“I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]”

Green Day

“I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words.”

Frank McCourt book Angela's Ashes

“I don't care what people say about me and what they think about me. I care about my team and I care about myself. Lots of people watch hockey, and I think everybody has different thinking.”

Alexander Ovechkin (1985) Russian ice hockey player

“People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think.”

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian