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Perfume Genius

American Musician

Born: Sep 25, 1981

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There was one time I flagged every 'Brokeback Mountain' review on Netflix that was negative. I was, like, 'not helpful,' and I spent, like, an hour doing it, and I wrote a really serious review about it. It's hard for me not to get really sensitive. I don't brush things off like that very easily. Perfume Genius

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Our house was cluttered with little charms, thoughtfully placed. There were all kinds of little things going on. Like, my mom made a lampshade out of a picture of our family, but if you look closely, there's a baby Jesus that she cut up and put just above all of us. Perfume Genius

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My mom is not religious, but she's a very spiritual, magical kind of lady. One time, when I was younger, my mom said she was a witch and that my grandmother was also a witch. It was late at night, and she was really sleepy, but I took it very seriously because I always wanted to go to Hogwarts. Perfume Genius

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I was watching a movie called 'Perfume.' The book is really good, but the movie is really bad. My friend was making fun of it. He kept calling this obese guy a perfume genius. When I started putting my songs up on MySpace, I didn't know what was going to happen. I actually didn't put much thought into a name and just quickly used Perfume Genius. Perfume Genius

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I think all gay men are used to people saying no to them, to people not giving them choices. Perfume Genius

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I was scared of the devil starting around age nine. Before that, I was gathering every family member in the living room, slipping a shirt over my robe so the bottom hung like a skirt and performing Gloria Estefan songs with feverish intensity. Perfume Genius

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I think people come to my music just to feel less lonely. Perfume Genius

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I started writing songs later in life because I just couldn't commit to it before. Perfume Genius

Life Writing Before Later Songs Because Commit Just Started

I don't think art matters as much as keeping people safe. Perfume Genius

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I've known that people were racist and misogynistic and homophobic since I was very little. Perfume Genius

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I feel kind of limited and locked into my body and brain - I'm not super into it all the time. Perfume Genius

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When I started to allow myself to not be locked into wearing men's clothes, things kind of opened up. It feels very kind to drape yourself in something that feels special. Perfume Genius

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I'm fairly dramatic. Perfume Genius

Dramatic Fairly

I have ended up on so many weird Men's Rights Twitter accounts filled with weird anime. I don't know. It's so bizarre to me that people can think that way, and so I feel like I can decode them or figure it out. But you can end up so grossed out. Perfume Genius

I don't think I've actually ever had cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. I've had the Steak Diane. I don't like cheesecake! Perfume Genius

Think Steak Factory Had Like Cheesecake Diane Ever Actually

I don't ever necessarily feel masculine or feminine. I just feel... I don't know. Like, when I'm wearing women's clothes, it's not like I'm dressing like a lady, a woman; it's just like I'm doing whatever I want. Perfume Genius

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I get in my own way a lot. I feel a lot more confident than I... am. Perfume Genius

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To me, when something's really funny, there's, like, a wildness to it, and it's very close to the wildness of something potentially tragic or gross. It's all very close to each other when you have that extreme level of feeling. Perfume Genius

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I felt like an outsider, so listening to a bunch of outsiders' music like Bjork and Patti Smith made me feel better. But at the same time, I didn't have anyone singing specifically 100% about things I could relate to. Perfume Genius

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I have this idea of myself that I decided when I was 12 about who I am and how I come across and what the world is like. And if I have changed or the world has changed, I don't even notice sometimes because I'm holding on to these old ideas. I am more confident - the music is proof. But I can see the change there much easier than I do as a human. Perfume Genius

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