43 John Grant Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Grant

American Musician

Born: Jul 25, 1968

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I've kept most of my friends for decades, and I continue to make new friends. John Grant

New Most Make New Friends Continue Friends Decades Kept

People have always painted me like a pessimist, like somebody who sees the glass half-empty. But I think the fact that I keep showing up and saying, 'No, there must be a way for me to live in this world,' that shows I'm an eternal optimist. John Grant

Saying Me People World Somebody Pessimist Live Think Way Must Sees Fact Glass Like Always Up Optimist Eternal Who Painted Showing Showing Up Shows Keep

When I got into languages, I needed to amass things to make myself more palatable or more acceptable as a human. John Grant

Myself More Make Acceptable Got Human Languages Things Needed

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. John Grant

Good Home You Somebody Feeling Whatever Meeting Lyrics Out Seem Had Come Lot Up Upbeat Times Get Uplifting Just After Then Really Pop Right Playful

I just felt that I was going to fall apart if I didn't learn to be myself. John Grant

Myself Fall Learn Felt Going Just Apart

I think the thing that I find the most difficult to talk about is religion. John Grant

Religion Difficult Think Find About Most Talk Thing

I'm a seriously flawed individual, but I guess everybody is. John Grant

Seriously Everybody Guess Individual Flawed

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. John Grant

Family Me Gay Fight Sickness OK Would Would-Be Only Could Take Unconditionally Over Cured Loved If I Could Certainly Thing

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. John Grant

Me Amazing Whatever Down Able Atmosphere Brought Safe Felt Amazing Thing Texas Wanted Which Created Really Thing

I have trouble with things like Facebook. It presents such a warped vision. I get sick of people's opinions about every little thing and this warped view that everyone is as happy as a pig in garbage. John Grant

I can't allow myself to censor myself. John Grant

Myself Allow Censor

I love that phrase that parents say to their children when they cry: 'I'll give you something to cry about.' John Grant

Love You Parents Say Phrase About Give Something Cry Children

I really do feel like music is the only thing that I can do. John Grant

Music Only Feel Like The Only Thing Really Thing

I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer. John Grant

Love Good Punk Big Solid Fan

In order to not have to deal with being gay in the world, you have to control everything. You try and walk in an un-gay way so as not to be found out. You try to control every situation, check the people around you, that you're not in the wrong place, and that can be exhausting. It goes on for decades, and it becomes mental sickness. John Grant

Gay You People World Walk Try Sickness Control Situation Every Everything Way Out Mental Wrong Wrong Place Check Around Deal Becomes Exhausting Decades Goes Being Order Place Found

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. John Grant

Music Queen Ghosts Definitely About Adolescence Period Denmark Dominated Green Childhood Then Electronic Electronic Music Pale

'Ernest Borgnine' is sort of my version of Woody Allen's 'Purple Rose Of Cairo' in that it's about the occasional difficulty of coming to terms with the cold hard facts and the temptation to escape into another world - like movies, for example. I'm a pro at escaping. John Grant

World Example Rose Difficulty Cold About Temptation Allen Purple Facts Like For Example Terms Occasional Sort Another Coming Version Escape Escaping Pro Woody Movies Hard

It's always been my goal to have backing singers. John Grant

Backing Singers Always Been Goal

Sometimes I wish I was one of those artists like David Bowie. They're not putting their private lives out there; it's about show and entertainment. But an alter ego is very dangerous for me. Because I am the guy who will become lost in that. John Grant

Me Entertainment Ego Dangerous Sometimes Will Wish Become Lost Those Out About Guy David David Bowie Putting Like Bowie Alter Because Am Private Private Lives Very Artists Show Who Lives

I don't want to leave the house, and I don't want to settle down. John Grant

Down Settle House Leave Want

The only difficult thing is learning to recognise the interesting bits from those millions of moments life provides you with every day and writing down those snippets. John Grant

Life Day You Learning Every Day Writing Down Difficult Every Those Recognise Bits Only Provides Interesting Moments Thing Millions Difficult Thing

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 the soul. John Grant

Soul Eyes People See Window Something Suppose Want Really Honest

There's an incredible amount of pain involved in being a human, but this humorous stuff is essential in overcoming it. John Grant

Pain Incredible Humorous Stuff Involved Overcoming Essential Human Being Amount

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