That inner narrative - the desire to understand the way I am - never really switches off. — John Grant Desire 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 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
I've kept most of my friends for decades, and I continue to make new friends. — John Grant 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 think The Czars had an identity crisis, as we were five guys pulling in different musical directions. — John Grant Crisis 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
I have trouble with things like Facebook. It presents such a warped vision. I get sick of people's opinions about every little… — John Grant Dreams Copy Share Image
The rejection I received when I was young for being a homosexual... that's nothing compared to the number you do on yourself… — John Grant Homosexual Copy Share Image
The only difficult thing is learning to recognise the interesting bits from those millions of moments life provides you with every day… — John Grant Day 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 Experience Copy Share Image
I've kept going to therapy to find out why my perspective is so skewered and why I'm filled with rage. It's so… — John Grant Anger 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
When I came out, I found I hadn't been born with the right genes. It's quite brutal. If you're beautiful and you… — John Grant Beautiful 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I know I'm likeable, but living with me is different. Yes, I can be charming. That desire to please people and learning… — 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
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
'Ernest Borgnine' is sort of my version of Woody Allen's 'Purple Rose Of Cairo' in that it's about the occasional difficulty of… — John Grant Another world Copy Share Image
