I think the thing that I find the most difficult to talk about is religion. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I've been coming to Notre Dame since 1957. This place, this campus, is the closest thing there is to perfection. — John Grant Campus Copy Share Image
I don't know about the totally happy album, though. I don't know if that will ever come from me. — John Grant Copy Share Image
There's a lot of anger in 'Queen of Denmark,' and that's me getting political. — John Grant Anger 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 Being Copy Share Image
The lion's share of what I listened to in the Eighties, what really affected me, was coming from Britain. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I love that phrase that parents say to their children when they cry: 'I'll give you something to cry about.' — John Grant Children Copy Share Image
I don't let the computer into my bedroom. It would get in the way of life, sleep. And I really can't let… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I believe humans have a soul that continues to exist after they die, but I don't know what form that will take. — John Grant Copy Share Image
The country's newest aquarium, opened in November, bills itself as the largest in the world, holding more than 100,000 animals representing 500… — John Grant Animal Copy Share Image
It really was an amazing thing when Midlake brought me down to Texas and created an atmosphere in which I felt really… — John Grant Amazing Copy Share Image
Do you know the solo at the end of 'Why Don't You Love Me Any More?' that sounds like a chainsaw breaking… — John Grant Copy Share Image
Icelanders love to speak English. Their English is a joy to hear because of how colloquial and idiomatic it is, but they… — John Grant Copy Share Image
For me, every single thing I do seems to be about the process of letting go because that's what I so desperately… — John Grant Fear Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish I was one of those artists like David Bowie. They're not putting their private lives out there; it's about… — John Grant Alter ego Copy Share Image
The Graveyard of the Atlantic exhibit reflects the aquarium's proximity to the state's Outer Banks, where thousands of ships have run aground… — 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.… — John Grant Copy Share Image
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 Beautiful Copy Share Image
It was very depressing to realize that, when looking around for regimes that have systematically corrupted science within the past century or… — John Grant America Copy Share Image
All any grownup expects of an adolescent is that he act like an adult and be satisfied to be treated like a… — John Grant Adolescence Copy Share Image
When I reached my senior year in high school, I fell into a hole that took a couple of decades to get… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I think The Czars had an identity crisis, as we were five guys pulling in different musical directions. — John Grant Crisis Copy Share Image
There's an incredible amount of pain involved in being a human, but this humorous stuff is essential in overcoming it. — John Grant Being 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 Anybody else Copy Share Image
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 Business Copy Share Image
If I'm honest, I suppose there's something I don't want people to see in my eyes. They really are the window to… — John Grant Eyes Copy Share Image
I've kept most of my friends for decades, and I continue to make new friends. — John Grant Copy Share Image
That inner narrative - the desire to understand the way I am - never really switches off. — John Grant Desire Copy Share Image
The first 20 years had such a profound effect on me, I spent the next 20 dealing with them. — John Grant Copy Share Image
I think I have a great voice, but it's not special enough to be remembered. But what's special about me is much… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music. — John Grant Acting 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 was so ashamed of who I was. And I also felt like an outcast in gay society as well because I… — John Grant Ashamed Copy Share Image
