Author Profile
John Grant
1968 • American • Musician
60
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Showing 60 quotesThe rejection I received when I was young for being a homosexual... that's nothing compared to the number you do on yourself when you've been taught that you are not a human like other people.— John Grant
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.— John Grant
I believe humans have a soul that continues to exist after they die, but I don't know what form that will take.— John Grant
I love that phrase that parents say to their children when they cry: 'I'll give you something to cry about.'— John Grant
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
Part of what I do, after feeling invisible for a long time, is make an effort not to be invisible any more.— John Grant
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.— John Grant
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
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.— John Grant
I'm not saying that I don't have skills. I'm saying I don't feel like I can use my skills to achieve self-esteem. I feel like it's cheating. I think that I should have self-esteem simply because I am a human being who deserves love and deserves everything just as much or just as little as everyone else.— John Grant
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