John Grant

I grew up singing in a church choir.

— John Grant

I don't cry easily.

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I overthink everything.

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A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

— John Grant

I think the thing that I find the most difficult to talk about is religion.

— John Grant

What brands can do brilliantly is broker change in people's lives.

— John Grant

I don't really listen to my old music.

— John Grant

It's always been my goal to have backing singers.

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I suppose my ideal brain food is learning languages.

— John Grant

I can't allow myself to censor myself.

— John Grant

I do feel I have a hard time dealing with things being OK.

— John Grant

I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer.

— John Grant

I loved the whole New Romantic, New Wave thing... New Order, Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Blancmange, Yazoo.

— John Grant

I feel like, every single decision I make and every single album I make, it's all about letting go. Letting go of…

— John Grant

It took me a long time to find my own voice, even after I started making my own music.

— John Grant

I understand that there are a lot of things you cannot control in this world.

— John Grant

I spend a lot of my time just looking at words and grammar and writing things down that I don't know.

— John Grant

I was so ashamed of who I was. And I also felt like an outcast in gay society as well because I…

— John Grant

My mother was a very sweet soul and a beautiful person, but she had a lot of fear.

— John Grant

If I had a good scream, like Frank Black, I'd be doing punk music, 'cos I love that.

— John Grant

When I was young, people were so disgusted by me. Before I even knew that I was gay... everybody else had it…

— John Grant

I think the humor, when applied in the right amount, only serves to intensify the other emotions in a given song; it…

— John Grant

I still deal with triggers and neuroses that I've developed over the decades. But I do think I have a great amount…

— John Grant

“We were born to be friends. We both knew it. The Australian Aborigines have the traditional belief that a complete human being…

— John Grant

The snappier lyrics come when I'm feeling really good and up. A lot of times, they come after I've just had a…

— John Grant

The most horrifying thing I ever did was work as a steward on an airplane. I wanted to get hired by United.…

— John Grant

In my family, I was loved, but only if I would fight this gay thing and not let it take over me.…

— John Grant

The lead character in 'Adaptation' is pretty much me but with more talent. Every time I watch 'Adaptation,' I feel very emotional…

— John Grant

This is a unique aquarium in that a large portion of its collection features freshwater species, and it specializes in fish, amphibians…

— John Grant

It was very depressing to realize that, when looking around for regimes that have systematically corrupted science within the past century or…

— John Grant

When I announced on my Facebook page that I'm coming to Israel, people started telling me that I shouldn't go there, but…

— John Grant

Being in school, whenever I laughed or smiled, I would turn to find someone staring at me with this terrible hatred and…

— John Grant

I could have easily said that I don't believe in anything when I came out of the upbringing that I had, but…

— John Grant

In order to not have to deal with being gay in the world, you have to control everything. You try and walk…

— John Grant

Many exhibits from this aquarium use Hawaii's abundant natural daylight. This allows Waikiki to display only live coral, which creates beautiful exhibits.…

— John Grant

I'm not saying that I don't have skills. I'm saying I don't feel like I can use my skills to achieve self-esteem.…

— John Grant

I wanted to change the world . But I could not even change my underwear.

— John Grant

Most of the bad things that have happened to me happened in Denver.

— John Grant

I don't really experience much embarrassment.

— John Grant

I really do feel like music is the only thing that I can do.

— John Grant