Sebastian Bach Quotes

Everyone experiences different parts of themselves at different times, these different parts of themselves that come out in different settings.

U.S.A. is the speech of the people.

I don't really feel part of the pop scene.

The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.

We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.

We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at home. The face we present in our most intimate relationships is not the face we present to the world.

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven in L.A.

You know, urban culture is fun; it's lovely.

I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.

Now tell me, why am I not popular in England?

My whole life is an interracial relationship! It's inescapable. I am who I am.

It was when I met everybody on 'The Perfect Score' that, like, nightclubs became a thing.

I'm a different person in French. I'm a different person in New York. I'm a different person in Canada.

If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from attention or seem tiresome.

Whatever show I go to, no matter what it is - and I go to a lot of them - people say, 'Wow, I'd never expect to see you here.' I always say, 'Where do you expect to see me?'

I have the advantage of many perspectives as someone who has lived in different kinds of communities: as a woman, as someone who previously identified as a lesbian, as someone who is a person of color. I've had a lot of life, so that informs what I do.

When we tour, there's always this unique quality to every town you visit... Touring, you get a sense of a collective identity for different cities. That's one of the things I love about my job.

There are different facets to everyone. When you're at work, you're a different person. When you're with your friends, you're a different person.

I love all kinds of stuff. I really am so eclectic in my taste. I love film noir, I love thrillers, and I love big blockbuster popcorn cinema stuff, but I like it when it's twinged with a bit more social consciousness.

Growing up, there was this explosion of B television. 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air,' you have 'Family Matters,' 'A Different World.' I had examples - of black children, black families, black women, black men - that represented who I was.

I myself identify as British-Nigerian, and I'm also gay, and I'm also a young adult in London making music. All of things can co-exist as one.

Different cultures produce a different 'cool.' And your perception of 'cool' changes depending on where you are.

Being a lad is what I'm about. I can tell you who isn't a lad - anyone from Blur.

We don't act the same in every situation. Things bleed into all kinds of other things, from behavior to identity.