I just feel like this guy who's visiting the music business over the weekend. Every time I write a song, I feel… — John Grant 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
When I write my songs, I'm writing about the pain, the joy, and the ridiculousness of being a human. — John Grant Copy Share Image
My music is definitely very personal. The songs are about moments, snapshots of everyday life, and about having one's say, or at… — 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 Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to find my own voice, even after I started making my own music. — John Grant 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 love a lot of different styles, but my heart belongs in electronic music. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music. — 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
I don't feel like I'm writing music for gay people. I'm a gay man who is writing music about one tiny little… — John Grant Copy Share Image
Me becoming a person, instead of somebody who just hides and is afraid, has happened in tandem with me learning to write… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I felt like a failure for so long because I wasn't able to access myself in the way I knew I would… — John Grant 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 keep showing… — John Grant Copy Share Image
The most horrifying thing I ever did was work as a steward on an airplane. I wanted to get hired by United. I thought,… — John Grant 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 thing and… — John Grant Copy Share Image
The 1980s were all about synths for me, and it never went away after that. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I loved the whole New Romantic, New Wave thing... New Order, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Blancmange, Yazoo. — John Grant Copy Share Image
'Ernest Borgnine' is sort of my version of Woody Allen's 'Purple Rose Of Cairo' in that it's about the occasional difficulty of coming to… — 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 Copy Share Image
I had never considered myself a political guy, but there are certain things I can't shut up about. When I hear people say things… — John Grant Copy Share Image
The thing is I don't feel like my story is special. I don't feel like it's different to anybody else. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I think the humor, when applied in the right amount, only serves to intensify the other emotions in a given song; it highlights them,… — John Grant Copy Share Image
