Right now Zayn Malik is being seen as the bad boy of One Direction. Malik has left the band and is carving an edgy musical path of his own so, we decided to compile the 25 Edgiest Zayn Malik Quotes. Malik recently released the music video for his first solo single “Pillowtalk” featuring his rumored girlfriend Gigi Hadid.
Malik broke the hearts of One Direction fans when he announced that he would be leaving the group. it certainly doesn’t appear that the group matched his personality. One Direction has always seemed like a very innocent and at times juvenile project but Malik, who was very vocal in his interview with The Fader, knew it wasn’t what he wanted. 
According to The Fader cover story, Malik’s more into street art and anything with wheels. Sounds like the stereotypical bro type. Either way it looks like at least one of the members of the band is taking a much more direct and grown up approach to life. You can check out the 25 Edgiest Zayn Malik Quotes below.
“The whole vibe of Bradford is influential. It’s not the most funded place, in terms of the government, but there’s a lot of character there. There’s a lot of strong family values. Everybody’s very proud, and everybody’s stuck in their ways. That rubbed off on me a little bit and made me a stubborn person, and made me very aware of who I was. If you weren’t aware of that in Bradford, you kind of got left behind.”
“Some girls like to say one thing and mean another. And me being who I am, I’m very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don’t really like playing mind games.”
“There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realize there’s so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.”
“Life is funny. Things change, people change, but you will always be you, so stay true to yourself and never sacrifice who you are for anyone.”
“When people are putting pressure on me I just completely ignore it.”
“I’d like to apologize to the fans if I’ve let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right in my heart. I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight.”
“In life we always fall for the person that will never fall for us, always wanted something that we can’t and always say things that we shouldn’t.”
“My main influences in music came from my dad. It was a lot of R&B, a lot of R. Kelly, a lot of Usher, a lot of Donell Jones, a lot of Prince. He used to play a lot of rap as well, 2Pac and Biggie. A lot of bop, a lot of reggae, Gregory Isaac and weird artists like Yellowman.”
“I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That’s part of my image, so it’s cool.”
“I’m not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.”
“Before you judge someone else, judge yourself.”
“If people talk behind your back, it’s because you’re ahead of them.”
“It doesn’t matter how much you flirt the whole day, at night you’ll always end up thinking about the one you truly love”
“And remember nobody’s feelings are more important than your own. So take time to love yourself.”
“No matter how many times people try to criticize you, the best revenge is to prove them wrong.”
“Life isn’t a music player where you choose what’s being played, it is a radio where you have to enjoy what’s being played.”
“I’m just a normal person as well as following my religion, and doing all the normal things that everybody else does. I love music and I get tattoos and I make mistakes, and I’ve had to go through relationships and break up relationships. I feel proud that people actually look to me and can see themselves in that.”
“You can say whatever you want about me, I’m not really bothered. But when it starts to upset people I care about or I hear about it from my mum, then that’s a problem.”
“The reason I don’t tweet as much as I used to, is because I’m sick of all the useless opinions and hate that I get daily. Goodbye Twitter.”
“If you meet a girl, you meet a girl. It’s normal, so if you exchange numbers, whatevs, it’s cool.”
“I believe that your religion should be between you and whoever your belief is in.”
“Close your eyes and enjoy the rollercoaster that is life.”
“It’s not funny, and it still continues to be quite hard for them. They won’t naturally go put their arm around each other because they’re conscious of this thing that’s going on, which is not even true. They won’t do that natural behavior. But it’s just the way the fans are. They’re so passionate, and once they get their head around an idea, that’s the way it is regardless of anything. If it wasn’t for that passionate, like, almost obsession, then we wouldn’t have the success that we had.”
“Whenever anything went wrong at home, because I was the only boy, I would get blamed for it straight away. Girls stick together.”
“By the time I decided to go, it just felt right on that day. I woke up on that morning, if I’m being completely honest with you, and was like, ‘I need to go home. I just need to be me now, because I’ve had enough.’”