John Grant Quotes

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

Music is what I love to do; it's in my veins.

I am never going to give music up.

I guess as a kid, I was always creative, and I was involved in music, like piano and violin and choir, so I always knew - I always knew that I wanted to do something that would allow me to be who I am. Generally, that was creatively, imaginatively.

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

My life revolves around music and always will. I need to be a part of music and not an observer.

I really, really enjoy music and that's why I do what I do.

I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.

The only thing I'm really, truly good at is music - I just love it.

I'm not very good at a lot of things that aren't music. This is the only thing that I love doing, so, like, why wouldn't I make this my whole life?

Most of me expressing myself comes through my music more than what I wear.

Playing drums is how I communicate. It's how I speak to people. That's my God-given gift.

I love music. It's always been a big part of my life, and I don't think people should, you know, judge me by my last name instead of listening to the album. I think the music definitely speaks for itself, and it's a great album.

Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express feelings in a way words often cannot.

I started in music and that's my forte and that's what I've always done and where I'm heading.

If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.

I love singing and performing. I'm always singing. Even if I'm at school or in the car, I'm always singing. My mom said ever since I could talk, I was singing.

Singing is actually my favourite thing to do in the world - so when you don't consider yourself as talented at anything academically, and there is one thing you're good at, I think it's best to follow what you're good at.

I was born with this love for music, and I say 'born with' because I don't really remember a day waking up and deciding that I'm going do to music. It's been all I've ever done and all I've ever wanted to do.

I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to be channelled.

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.

I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my personal thing that I have for me.

Hip-hop saved my life, man. It's the only thing I've ever been even decent at. I don't know how to do anything else.