I get a real thrill for being 'overtly queer' in my aesthetic. — Olly Alexander Adventure Copy Share Image
I identify as a gay man all the time, but I also like to identify as queer. — Olly Alexander Gay Copy Share Image
You can't have a nuanced debate on Twitter, it's just people shouting. — Olly Alexander Debate Copy Share Image
When I was a bit younger, I loved Rufus Wainwright - just the fact that he existed. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I've mostly worked in weird films playing weird characters, probably because I'm a weird person. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer that if you want things to change you have to embody that change. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that being straight is easy, but when you're gay, you don't really have a familial network or support system.… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
Everyone has a different definition of what they find sexy, so why do we so often get given one version of what… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
The likelihood is that you or someone you know closely will suffer from a mental health condition in your lifetime. — Olly Alexander Health Copy Share Image
I think music can be therapeutic and a really positive thing, but that seeing a therapist is the best form of therapy… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I've been taking medication for depression and anxiety ever since I was a teenager and I've had treatment for both. — Olly Alexander Anxiety Copy Share Image
School was like a hostile place. I just hated being at school. I think some people really thrive in that environment. I… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I like how it presented this contradiction because traditionally gay people have been shut out from the church, so 'Sanctify' was claiming… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
With anxiety and depression, what's been most helpful to me has been learning a toolbox - a set of skills I can… — Olly Alexander Anxiety Copy Share Image
So many queer people come out constantly for the rest of their lives, ya know? To the people they work with, to… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
What's great about being gay is that you can celebrate all types of sexualities, because we understand that being queer means you… — Olly Alexander Being Copy Share Image
If you look at pop stars through the ages, we've had camp, glam popstars from the 80s - your George Michaels and… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I'm the person I am because of all the support we have but inside there is still a scared, gay kid, worried… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
Most of the pop videos I've seen that have any male/female interaction are usually centered around a romance - and that's great,… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
Let's let our men be happy, be sad, be trans, be questioning, be bisexual, be non-conforming, be feminine, be masculine! — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I think anything that happens to you between the ages of zero to 18, and probably further on, has a lasting impact… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
At 13 I taught myself piano from an old song book, and Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now' was the first song I learned. — Olly Alexander Book Copy Share Image
I used to be scared of people thinking I was gay but now I'd be shocked if they didn't. — Olly Alexander Gay Copy Share Image
Solitude is very restorative for me, especially because I spend so much time around other people and performing to people. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I've been writing a lot of songs about my personal life and identity. That can be a real healing process. — Olly Alexander Healing process Copy Share Image
The first artist I really loved was Stevie Wonder. That opened the doors to other soul singers like Ray Charles and Aretha… — Olly Alexander Art Copy Share Image
Well, I moved around quite a lot so I was born in Yorkshire and then I moved to Blackpool, which is like… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
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 Age Copy Share Image
It's like any other part of your body - your mental health gets sick, and it needs treatment. — Olly Alexander Body Copy Share Image
I feel like you could listen to any Bon Iver song and it would make you cry. They're all so heart-wrenching. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
There's entrenched homophobia behind the scenes at all levels of the music industry. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
We could perform in space or be the first band to play moon, but we want to be the first 'Star Wars'… — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I feel like listening to sad songs are a way of narrating your life and confirming your identity. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
Justin Tranter is an incredible queer voice in pop music and he's writing for Justin Bieber: it's genius. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that's who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
I had what would now be called sleep paralysis, from six years old until maybe I was 16. — Olly Alexander Copy Share Image
