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When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Being Being Myself Character Comfortable Cool Just Me More Music Myself Now Outfit Playing Started

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I'm a freewheeling flower-child falling down the stairs constantly.

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Constantly Down Falling Stairs

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You can't deny who you are, so you might as well be yourself in the most authentic way.

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Authentic Be Yourself Deny Might Most Way Well Who You Yourself

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Is punk dressing up in leather jackets? No. It's having a counter-cultural perspective.

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Dressing Having Jackets Leather Perspective Punk Up

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For queer people, the personal is very political, just to talk about it in a public space. It's very political just to come out and take up that space and be like, 'This is my narrative. It's not an outsider narrative, and it's not a fetish narrative; it's just my story, and it's worth being told and listened to.'

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: About Being Come Fetish Just Like Listened Narrative Out Outsider People Personal Political Public Queer Space Story Take Talk Up Very Worth

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I think that our work and our music stands on its own without this knowledge about our identity around it. But I also think that we very consciously decided not to hold back that part of ourselves, but to be very vocal about who we are, kind of what experiences we've had in life, and how we identify.

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: About Also Around Back Decided Experiences Had Hold How Identify Identity Kind Knowledge Life Music Our Our Music Ourselves Own Part Stands Think Very Vocal Who Without Work I Think

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I'd say, at the end of the day, you know, from a songwriting practice standpoint, you write songs to make yourself feel something true and validating, and cathartic, maybe, and then whoever responds to it is, like, out of your control.

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Cathartic Control Day End End Of The Day Feel Know Like Make Maybe Out Practice Responds Say Something Songs Songwriting Standpoint Then True Validating Whoever Write You Your Yourself

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I think the earnestness of what we're saying and what other bands like us are totally saying - or other queer bands - is 'We exist.'

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Bands Earnestness Exist Like Other Queer Saying Think Totally Us I Think

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When you're a queer person put in the spotlight, you're supposed to have all the answers.

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Answers Person Put Queer Spotlight Supposed You

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We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's great if people find commonality in that.

~Ben Hopkins

Topics: Commonality Cultural Express Find Goal Going Great People Problem Solve Songs Through Us Writing

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: Unknown

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