I think I'm more approachable with long hair. When it's short, I come across as being artsy and weird.

I was told by people who wanted to 'help' me that, although I had checked the box on the skills they wanted to see in the quarterly evaluation, they thought that I might want to cut my long hair so that I looked less young.

I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage.

I always thought we had more in common with punk than with anything else, but we had long hair, so we didn't fit in that box.

From sixth grade on I was a real Pillsbury doughboy. Overweight, long hair, thick glasses.

No one ever said 'no' to me about anything. No one ever told me anything was wrong. Never. No one ever said, 'You can't be a fashion designer.' No one ever said, 'You're a boy and you can't take tap-dancing lessons.' No one ever said, 'You're a boy and you can't have long hair.'

Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death.

Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect.

My long hair and the sideburns made me stand out, really, because my hairstyle was completely different to the other footballers of that era.

Having long hair has allowed me to enter orthodox or religiously conservative situations with slightly more ease.

Having long hair has allowed me to enter orthodox or religiously conservative situations with slightly more ease.