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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.

~John Grant

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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.

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The 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.

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I love patchwork quilts. But not in music.

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I really do feel like music is the only thing that I can do.

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I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer.

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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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In order to not have to deal with being gay in the world, you have to control everything. You try and walk in an un-gay way so as not to be found out. You try to control every situation, check the people around you, that you're not in the wrong place, and that can be exhausting. It goes on for decades, and it becomes mental sickness.

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If 'Queen Of Denmark' was about my childhood, then 'Pale Green Ghosts' is definitely about my adolescence, and that period was completely dominated by electronic music.

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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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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: July 25th, 1968

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