Olly Alexander

It's like any other part of your body - your mental health gets sick, and it needs treatment.

— Olly Alexander

I used to be scared of people thinking I was gay but now I'd be shocked if they didn't.

— Olly Alexander

We are traumatized by growing up in a world that doesn't really accept us. Obviously, we've made great leaps and bounds, but…

— Olly Alexander

I was a fan of Belle and Sebastian. I didn't really know a lot of their music - I only knew the…

— Olly Alexander

I was never diagnosed with an eating disorder but I definitely had a difficult relationship with food.

— Olly Alexander

I think anything that happens to you between the ages of zero to 18, and probably further on, has a lasting impact…

— Olly Alexander

As young as 10 I started fancying boys. It's a common experience but I just wished I wasn't gay up until the…

— Olly Alexander

Let's let our men be happy, be sad, be trans, be questioning, be bisexual, be non-conforming, be feminine, be masculine!

— Olly Alexander

I can be a really awkward frontman on stage.

— Olly Alexander

I've been writing a lot of songs about my personal life and identity. That can be a real healing process.

— Olly Alexander

The first artist I really loved was Stevie Wonder. That opened the doors to other soul singers like Ray Charles and Aretha…

— Olly Alexander

I think there's strength in being honest and open about yourself and your struggles. But it can also be a challenge. This…

— Olly Alexander

I think kids are all focused on their hierarchy and status, and I was low status or something.

— Olly Alexander

I feel like listening to sad songs are a way of narrating your life and confirming your identity.

— Olly Alexander

Personally, I've always been ashamed of my body and I've hated being so skinny - I had an eating disorder for so…

— Olly Alexander

So many queer people come out constantly for the rest of their lives, ya know? To the people they work with, to…

— Olly Alexander

When I meet gay kids and they know who we are, I remember that's amazing because literally every gay person in every…

— Olly Alexander

I think the reason I've been so committed to advocacy is because I see so many people in pain.

— Olly Alexander

If you're making something tangible, whether it's clothing, a song, a piece of art... when you create something that's outside of yourself…

— Olly Alexander

I feel sorry for straight people.

— Olly Alexander

All the best songs have an element of sadness.

— Olly Alexander

For a long time - when we first started getting a much higher level of attention - I really struggled with feeling…

— Olly Alexander

Solitude is very restorative for me, especially because I spend so much time around other people and performing to people.

— Olly Alexander

Now, to be a mainstream act, you have to be firing on all cylinders on so many different platforms. You've got to…

— Olly Alexander

I come from a single-parent family and my Mum is super liberal.

— Olly Alexander