--- title: "1 Lot Queer Quotes By Ben Hopkins" description: "1 Lot Queer quotes by Ben Hopkins. Plus more from Ben Hopkins and more Lot Queer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/ben-hopkins-18342_came_a-lot-of-my-queer-development-as-a-kid-c_1671862.jpg" --- > [A lot of my queer development as a kid came from trawling the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/a-lot-of-my-queer-development-as-a-kid-came-from-trawling-the-internet/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/ben-hopkins-18342_came_a-lot-of-my-queer-development-as-a-kid-c_1671862.jpg) ## More by Ben Hopkins > [I'm in a car so much on tour that I often just ask my friends to DJ and ask them what they like. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/i-m-in-a-car-so-much-on-tour-that-i-often-just-ask-my-friends-to-dj/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [I think that our work and our music stands on its own without this knowledge about our identity around it. But I also think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/i-think-that-our-work-and-our-music-stands-on-its-own-without-this/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [I want to say that our shows are safer-spaces shows. Don't push anyone or affect anyone's space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/i-want-to-say-that-our-shows-are-safer-spaces-shows-don-t-push-anyone/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [When fringe groups gather, there is power in that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/when-fringe-groups-gather-there-is-power-in-that/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [People who pigeonhole us for our queerness are not people I'm interested in knowing. They're so boring. How dare you be so boring? Grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/people-who-pigeonhole-us-for-our-queerness-are-not-people-i-m/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [There is power in organization. There is power in a community. People have always wanted to destroy communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/there-is-power-in-organization-there-is-power-in-a-community-people/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [What we do is provide a suggestion. We say, 'We're queer. We're going to do this; we're going to open up the space to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/what-we-do-is-provide-a-suggestion-we-say-we-re-queer-we-re-going-to/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [The most radical thing about our lives is getting to be in a visibly filled-out queer crowd every night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/the-most-radical-thing-about-our-lives-is-getting-to-be-in-a-visibly/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [I'd say, at the end of the day, you know, from a songwriting practice standpoint, you write songs to make yourself feel something true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/i-d-say-at-the-end-of-the-day-you-know-from-a-songwriting-practice/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/when-i-started-playing-music-i-was-more-of-a-character-now-i-m-just/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [Ben Hopkins is a very nervous, neurotic kind of person who is afraid of not being liked by people all the time. But, Monster-Me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/ben-hopkins-is-a-very-nervous-neurotic-kind-of-person-who-is-afraid/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [I feel like with PWR BTTM, Liv and I tried to create something that was kind and cared about the people who come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/i-feel-like-with-pwr-bttm-liv-and-i-tried-to-create-something-that/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [When you're a queer person put in the spotlight, you're supposed to have all the answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/when-you-re-a-queer-person-put-in-the-spotlight-you-re-supposed-to/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [I think that when you're queer, you grow up with these kinds of men who might have made you feel small because of who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/i-think-that-when-you-re-queer-you-grow-up-with-these-kinds-of-men/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) > [I think the earnestness of what we're saying and what other bands like us are totally saying - or other queer bands - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/i-think-the-earnestness-of-what-we-re-saying-and-what-other-bands/) [Ben Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-hopkins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lot-queer/ben-hopkins/#itemlist", "name": "1 Lot Queer Quotes By Ben Hopkins", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of my queer development as a kid came from trawling the Internet.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Hopkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-hopkins/a-lot-of-my-queer-development-as-a-kid-came-from-trawling-the-internet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/ben-hopkins-18342_came_a-lot-of-my-queer-development-as-a-kid-c_1671862.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/ben-hopkins-18342_came_a-lot-of-my-queer-development-as-a-kid-c_1671862.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/ben-hopkins-18342_came_a-lot-of-my-queer-development-as-a-kid-c_1671862.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lot of my queer development as a kid came from trawling the Internet.” — Ben Hopkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lot-queer/ben-hopkins/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lot-queer/ben-hopkins/", "name": "Lot Queer Quotes by Ben Hopkins", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lot-queer/ben-hopkins/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/ben-hopkins-18342_came_a-lot-of-my-queer-development-as-a-kid-c_1671862.jpg" }, "description": "1 Lot Queer quotes by Ben Hopkins. 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