When I watch alien movies, I want to be the alien. I don’t want to be the people that make first contact or anything; I just want to be that creature. Perfume Genius Read Quote
I’m just very self-conscious about the way I look. I really am embarrassed of it, because I wish I wasn’t like that. Perfume Genius Read Quote
I don’t think I’ve actually ever had cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. I’ve had the Steak Diane. I don’t like cheesecake! Perfume Genius Read Quote
I think if you know one direction, then you can feel the other one. I don’t think you can be truly, insanely joyous if you haven’t ever felt the flip side of it. Perfume Genius Read Quote
I don’t ever necessarily feel masculine or feminine. I just feel… I don’t know. Like, when I’m wearing women’s clothes, it’s not like I’m dressing like a lady, a woman; it’s just like I’m doing whatever I want. Perfume Genius Read Quote
To me, when something’s really funny, there’s, like, a wildness to it, and it’s very close to the wildness of something potentially tragic or gross. It’s all very close to each other when you have that extreme level of feeling. Perfume Genius Read Quote
Usually, like, anyone that would adopt, like, ‘masc,’ period, to describe them – it’s a very phony, stereotypical masculinity. Perfume Genius Read Quote
On the first two albums, I essentially began with lyrics and placed the music underneath or around the words. Perfume Genius Read Quote
