Laura Jane Grace

“Don't let them break you... don't let them tell you who you are”

— Laura Jane Grace

A lot of people don't perceive me as female or trans, they just see some rocker.

— Laura Jane Grace

In a perfect world, in my opinion, 'they,' 'them,' and 'theirs' would be the pronouns that everyone would use.

— Laura Jane Grace

I felt more and more like I was putting on an act - like I was being shoved into this role of…

— Laura Jane Grace

I really like dumb romantic comedies; that's the way I can turn my brain off and let go.

— Laura Jane Grace

People don't have to understand a language to understand the emotion and sentiment behind a song.

— Laura Jane Grace

A lot of what keeps me going is wanting to be better, thinking I'm not good enough.

— Laura Jane Grace

I had some real health complications with my HRT - hormone replacement therapy.

— Laura Jane Grace

My father was stationed in Italy in the military. I had no one to feed me what was cool, so I was…

— Laura Jane Grace

As an artist, you're just observing the world around you. So much is overwhelming and it's all so inescapable that it can't…

— Laura Jane Grace

You know, sexism in the punk scene - or just in rock and roll in general - is so easily demonstrated by…

— Laura Jane Grace

I think the hardest part for musicians is what a wide gulf of time there is between when you decide to sober…

— Laura Jane Grace

Growing up, I never had a role model to show me that you can be trans and live a happy life. I…

— Laura Jane Grace

I grew up with a mother who always had every fashion magazine stacked up on the side of her bed. When I…

— Laura Jane Grace

That's one of the biggest fears a lot of trans people have if they decide to come out, that they're making themselves…

— Laura Jane Grace

The first record we made, we recorded and mixed in a day. The second record was recorded and mixed in a week.…

— Laura Jane Grace

“Initially I had been attracted to punk and anarchism because I saw them as a means to make a positive change, where…

— Laura Jane Grace

Butch Vig was a true friend and really guided us, and it was such a fulfilling relationship with a person to make…

— Laura Jane Grace

When I'm on tour, people see me in one way, but in normal life I doubt people even recognize me.

— Laura Jane Grace

I grew up in Italy, so for me, Naples pizza is the only type of pizza that there really is.

— Laura Jane Grace

It's not like I came out in 'Rolling Stone' and all of a sudden I had a closet full of all the…

— Laura Jane Grace

What I learned early on, is that it's not really fun to do things alone.

— Laura Jane Grace

I guess I get a little impatient and frustrated when people ask what 'Manic Depression' is about.

— Laura Jane Grace

I was always taught by punk to think for yourself and to question authority. That's what I've always tried to do.

— Laura Jane Grace

Every musician out there wants to be judged on the merit of their songwriting, the merit of their performing abilities.

— Laura Jane Grace

Being able to write about love through a trans lens is something that's not really represented when it comes to love songs.

— Laura Jane Grace

I look like a dude and feel like a dude, and it sucks. But eventually I'll flip, and I'll present as female.

— Laura Jane Grace

At 8, I got my first cassette, which was Def Leppard's 'Hysteria.'

— Laura Jane Grace

Saying to someone 'I'm a transsexual' is the most empowering thing I've ever felt in my whole life.

— Laura Jane Grace

I have gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia. I don't like to see pictures of myself.

— Laura Jane Grace

I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to…

— Laura Jane Grace

If you look at the difference between the first Clash record and 'Combat Rock,' what an evolution.

— Laura Jane Grace

I just always knew that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician. I never had any doubts.

— Laura Jane Grace

I had gone from being married with a kid, two cars, garage, nice house in a nice neighborhood to all of it…

— Laura Jane Grace

I sleep with a notebook next to me, and most nights I sleep with my guitar next to me.

— Laura Jane Grace

I dealt with depression for my whole life. That's not something that was caused by being trans.

— Laura Jane Grace

I'm big on hair. I love Julianne Moore's hair. That's all I'd like: Julianne Moore hair.

— Laura Jane Grace

If I want someone to recognize the gender identity I feel, I'd have to ask for that. I can't assume people will…

— Laura Jane Grace

At 20, I was married, working as an auto mechanic, and living in Gainesville. I was doing Against Me!, but it wasn't…

— Laura Jane Grace

Fred Durst gave my first wife a tattoo of a star on the bottom of her foot when she was 14 years…

— Laura Jane Grace