My mom is always asking why can't I make something nice? Because I'll make paintings, say, and they're just really bloody and angsty. So I wrote 'Dark Parts' because I wanted to write something nice for her. — 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
One of the things that 'Too Bright' refers to is how there's a lot of times where I see things that I could change… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
Music helped me, growing up: it very much felt like a companion and made me less lonely. — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
When I started to allow myself to not be locked into wearing men's clothes, things kind of opened up. It feels very kind to… — Perfume Genius Copy Share Image
