To me, when something's really funny, there's, like, a wildness to it, and it's very close to the wildness of something potentially tragic or gross. It's all very close to each other when you have that extreme level of feeling. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
Hymns have always sounded like sung spells to me. I never felt included in the magic of the God songs I heard growing up… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I wanna be bad sometimes - I wanna rip everything apart, -but it comes on less and less. Doing all this music stuff is… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I'm just very self-conscious about the way I look. I really am embarrassed of it, because I wish I wasn't like that. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I was really scared of the devil growing up: I was convinced I was going to be possessed. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I like to have fun! And everything that's good for you is not fun, and that bores me. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
On the first two albums, I essentially began with lyrics and placed the music underneath or around the words. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I think people have a hard time dealing with a bunch of things at once. They can't have something be disturbing and funny at… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I'm personally not a very contact-y person; I just let my phone die and don't turn it on for a couple of days. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I feel kind of limited and locked into my body and brain - I'm not super into it all the time. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I wasn't a hoarder, but I was on my way. I went to thrift stores and never didn't buy something. A lot of cat… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
My mom is not religious, but she's a very spiritual, magical kind of lady. One time, when I was younger, my mom said she… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
I've known that people were racist and misogynistic and homophobic since I was very little. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image