John Grant Quotes
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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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'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.
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I just feel like this guy who's visiting the music business over the weekend. Every time I write a song, I feel like it's never going to happen again.
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That inner narrative - the desire to understand the way I am - never really switches off.
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I think the humor, when applied in the right amount, only serves to intensify the other emotions in a given song; it highlights them, makes them stand out.
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I think The Czars had an identity crisis, as we were five guys pulling in different musical directions.
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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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I love a lot of different styles, but my heart belongs in electronic music.
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I can't allow myself to censor myself.
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I don't want to leave the house, and I don't want to settle down.
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If I had a good scream, like Frank Black, I'd be doing punk music, 'cos I love that.
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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 think the thing that I find the most difficult to talk about is religion.
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It took me a long time to find my own voice, even after I started making my own music.
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I suppose my ideal brain food is learning languages.
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I had never considered myself a political guy, but there are certain things I can't shut up about. When I hear people say things like, 'If 'we' allow gays to marry, then people will want to marry animals and children,' I can't just stand there.
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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 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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You can only be you, and there are plenty of people out there who wouldn't have you be any other way.
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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.