I think the thing that I find the most difficult to talk about is religion. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I just felt that I was going to fall apart if I didn't learn to be myself. — John Grant Copy Share Image
Becoming a musician was all about escape. It was about getting away from the foulness that was me. — John Grant Copy Share Image
The oldest continuously operated aquarium in the country features 630 species and more than 8,000 animals. The walruses are especially popular. — John Grant Animal Copy Share Image
Madeline Kahn is one of my favourite people in the entire world and one of the funniest. She was a talented Broadway… — John Grant Broadway Copy Share Image
I can't create music if I'm wearing a mask and not being myself, and that was the problem with The Czars. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I feel uncomfortable when I think about my father listening to my records, because I don't want to hurt him. — John Grant Father Copy Share Image
When I got into languages, I needed to amass things to make myself more palatable or more acceptable as a human. — John Grant Human Copy Share Image
Being embraced by the British people is a beautiful compliment for me. It feels very special. — John Grant Beautiful Copy Share Image
If I had a good scream, like Frank Black, I'd be doing punk music, 'cos I love that. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I have to strip away all the layers when I'm writing the song. I have to cut through all these layers of… — John Grant Copy Share Image
If 'Queen Of Denmark' was about my childhood, then 'Pale Green Ghosts' is definitely about my adolescence, and that period was completely… — John Grant Childhood Copy Share Image
I have trouble with things like Facebook. It presents such a warped vision. I get sick of people's opinions about every little… — John Grant Dreams Copy Share Image
The rejection I received when I was young for being a homosexual... that's nothing compared to the number you do on yourself… — John Grant Homosexual Copy Share Image
The only difficult thing is learning to recognise the interesting bits from those millions of moments life provides you with every day… — John Grant Day Copy Share Image
People have always painted me like a pessimist, like somebody who sees the glass half-empty. But I think the fact that I… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I'm very proud that I have learned German and Russian. Especially Russian, because of how difficult and beautiful it is and because… — John Grant Beautiful Copy Share Image
In my family, I was loved, but only if I would fight this gay thing and not let it take over me.… — John Grant Family Copy Share Image
Being in school, whenever I laughed or smiled, I would turn to find someone staring at me with this terrible hatred and… — John Grant Anxiety Copy Share Image
I could have easily said that I don't believe in anything when I came out of the upbringing that I had, but… — John Grant Copy Share Image
It was very depressing to realize that, when looking around for regimes that have systematically corrupted science within the past century or… — John Grant America Copy Share Image
When I announced on my Facebook page that I'm coming to Israel, people started telling me that I shouldn't go there, but… — John Grant Beautiful Copy Share Image
This is a unique aquarium in that a large portion of its collection features freshwater species, and it specializes in fish, amphibians… — John Grant Amphibians Copy Share Image
I spent many years trying to fit in and do things the way I thought I was supposed to - trying to… — John Grant Copy Share Image
Many exhibits from this aquarium use Hawaii's abundant natural daylight. This allows Waikiki to display only live coral, which creates beautiful exhibits.… — John Grant Aquarium Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that I don't have skills. I'm saying I don't feel like I can use my skills to achieve self-esteem.… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I love a lot of different styles, but my heart belongs in electronic music. — John Grant Copy Share Image
