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There's a lot of anger in 'Queen of Denmark,' and that's me getting political.
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I spent many years trying to fit in and do things the way I thought I was supposed to - trying to be perceived the way I thought people wanted to see me. I grew up in a very religious household and wasn't taught to feel comfortable or good about my sexuality, so it feels great to be able to say things the way I want to say them.
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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 I can live in this world alongside these other people who seem to be what is desired and what the world wants.
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When I write my songs, I'm writing about the pain, the joy, and the ridiculousness of being a human.
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I feel like, every single decision I make and every single album I make, it's all about letting go. Letting go of the past and just getting on with it.
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I feel uncomfortable when I think about my father listening to my records, because I don't want to hurt him.
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I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music.
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I don't know about the totally happy album, though. I don't know if that will ever come from me.
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If 'Queen Of Denmark' was about my childhood, then 'Pale Green Ghosts' is definitely about my adolescence, and that period was completely dominated by electronic music.
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I can't create music if I'm wearing a mask and not being myself, and that was the problem with The Czars.
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I think I have a great voice, but it's not special enough to be remembered. But what's special about me is much more than just my voice.
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Part of what I do, after feeling invisible for a long time, is make an effort not to be invisible any more.
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I still deal with triggers and neuroses that I've developed over the decades. But I do think I have a great amount of compassion for people who feel that they don't fit in, or people who feel they have trouble finding their place in this world.
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I felt like a failure for so long because I wasn't able to access myself in the way I knew I would have if I was going to make music that mattered. I knew I was going to have to learn how to be honest.
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In my family, I was loved, but only if I would fight this gay thing and not let it take over me. I would be loved unconditionally if I could be cured of my 'sickness,' but it certainly would not be OK if I couldn't.
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My music is definitely very personal. The songs are about moments, snapshots of everyday life, and about having one's say, or at least feeling like one has had one's say.
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When I got into languages, I needed to amass things to make myself more palatable or more acceptable as a human.
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That inner narrative - the desire to understand the way I am - never really switches off.
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I come from a position where it seems like I have an addictive quality to everything in my life.
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The snappier lyrics come when I'm feeling really good and up. A lot of times, they come after I've just had a meeting with somebody that was uplifting, and you get home, and you're feeling playful or upbeat or whatever, and then they just seem to pop right out.
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It really was an amazing thing when Midlake brought me down to Texas and created an atmosphere in which I felt really safe and was able to do whatever I wanted artistically.
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I don't let the computer into my bedroom. It would get in the way of life, sleep. And I really can't let that happen.
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I was so ashamed of who I was. And I also felt like an outcast in gay society as well because I wasn't good-looking enough; my body wasn't good enough.
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Me becoming a person, instead of somebody who just hides and is afraid, has happened in tandem with me learning to write music and become a good songwriter.
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I believe humans have a soul that continues to exist after they die, but I don't know what form that will take.
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The lion's share of what I listened to in the Eighties, what really affected me, was coming from Britain.
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I love that phrase that parents say to their children when they cry: 'I'll give you something to cry about.'
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Reykjavik has a mixture of southern and northern mentality. There's a laid-back, relaxed attitude but also the feeling things are going to get done.
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I could probably use some tips from a vocal trainer or something about breathing, but we all know it's not about technical prowess.
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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 experience of what it's like to be a human on this planet.
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I can only live in the world of truth, inasmuch as I'm able to be truthful with myself at any given point, on any given day.
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Icelanders love to speak English. Their English is a joy to hear because of how colloquial and idiomatic it is, but they appreciate your efforts with Icelandic.
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Do you know the solo at the end of 'Why Don't You Love Me Any More?' that sounds like a chainsaw breaking through? That is what I can't do with my voice. That's when you hear how painful this has been to me.
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My mother was a very sweet soul and a beautiful person, but she had a lot of fear.
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I feel like, in the Czars, for example, I was afraid. I couldn't express myself. I didn't have a connection to myself. That's one of the huge reasons why it was such a difficult existence. I put a lot of that on myself. I couldn't access myself. I couldn't look at myself, because I was too ashamed.
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