I just felt that I was going to fall apart if I didn't learn to be myself. — 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
I can only live in the world of truth, inasmuch as I'm able to be truthful with myself at any given point,… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I realized that a lot of the things I had been telling myself about not being good enough just weren't true, and… — 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… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I'm quite gregarious. But when it comes to relationships, I mean, I'm no good at it. I suck at it. And people… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I feel like, in the Czars, for example, I was afraid. I couldn't express myself. I didn't have a connection to myself.… — John Grant 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 Copy Share Image
I'm angry because I was so scared for so many years about just being myself. — 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
The lead character in 'Adaptation' is pretty much me but with more talent. Every time I watch 'Adaptation,' I feel very emotional… — 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
