I moved to Naples, Florida, and by 15 I was into punk: Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Operation Ivy. Along with the classic punk bands, like the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat – all those bands that you get into when you’re first getting into punk. Laura Jane Grace Read Quote
I grew up with a mother who always had every fashion magazine stacked up on the side of her bed. When I was really young, I’d lie in bed with her, and we’d look at the magazines. Laura Jane Grace Read Quote
Trans people should be able to fall in love and sing love songs too, and have that be just as valid. You turn on the radio and every other song is some guy singing about some girl who broke his heart, or vice versa. And there’s not a lot of trans representation with that. Laura Jane Grace Read Quote
I was married for like seven, eight years. And then coming out of that I was like, ‘Okay, now what? I guess I would like to date? That’s a reasonable thing. I’m allowed to have that!’ Laura Jane Grace Read Quote
Any doctor will tell you a great treatment for depression is exercise, physical exertion, that it really ups the dopamine in your brain, so that’s what a show is. I play a show and that’s a high for me; I can ride that. Laura Jane Grace Read Quote
What people don’t realize when they talk about our lineup changes is that the original Against Me! broke up in 2001. It never recorded a full-length record. Laura Jane Grace Read Quote
When I was fourteen years old, I got arrested for battering an officer and resisting arrest with violence. I was beat up by the cops and they charged me with that. There was no original arresting charge. Laura Jane Grace Read Quote
I just always knew that’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician. I never had any doubts. Laura Jane Grace Read Quote
