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" For me, every single thing I do seems to be about the process of letting go because that's what I so desperately need to do with so many things: with fear, with what people think of me, and all these things I've worried about my whole life. "

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Involved

Pain

" Being in school, whenever I laughed or smiled, I would turn to find someone staring at me with this terrible hatred and disgust. I had to control everything - control my voice, control my facial expressions, control my hair and my clothes, and where I walked and where I sat - at every moment. I think that drove me to terrible anxiety. "

" 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. "

" I grew up singing in a church choir. "

" My mother was a very sweet soul and a beautiful person, but she had a lot of fear. "

" I'm angry because I was so scared for so many years about just being myself. "

" I can't create music if I'm wearing a mask and not being myself, and that was the problem with The Czars. "

" I don't really listen to my old music. "

" 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. "

" I'm quite gregarious. But when it comes to relationships, I mean, I'm no good at it. I suck at it. And people say I'm way too hard on myself, but I always feel like somebody else is going to say it if I don't. Why not just beat them to the punch so it doesn't hurt so much? "

" I suppose my ideal brain food is learning languages. "

" When I reached my senior year in high school, I fell into a hole that took a couple of decades to get out of. "

" I do feel I have a hard time dealing with things being OK. "

" I love a lot of different styles, but my heart belongs in electronic music. "

" 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. "

" I overthink everything. "

John Grant

Everything

" The most horrifying thing I ever did was work as a steward on an airplane. I wanted to get hired by United. I thought, 'With my languages, this will be amazing; I will work in First Class.' But I could only get a job with an airline going from Newark, New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "

" That inner narrative - the desire to understand the way I am - never really switches off. "

John Grant

Understand

Desire

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

" The first 20 years had such a profound effect on me, I spent the next 20 dealing with them. "

" I know I'm likeable, but living with me is different. Yes, I can be charming. That desire to please people and learning what to do to charm their socks off is something many of us do. But you get into a relationship, and the party's over at some point. They see the real you. "

" 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. "

" 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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Family

Fight

" 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. "