Perfume Genius Quotes

Humans have a sense of spontaneity and emotion. We have a dichotomy between grief and happiness.

I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.

I am pretty expressive with my emotions. I don't think something and say something else. I don't know if it's something I should be proud of or to watch out for. Maybe I am not politically correct. I don't know if that's a crime.

I internalise things. My sorrows and joys are private.

I'm an emotional person. Sometimes I can't help it.

I've always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.

Some of us are only going to show our emotions while we're actually vulnerable. But that's what makes us human.

I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people.

Everyone has emotions; you just learn to use then and be comfortable with them.

I'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.

Man is an unhappy animal and one that can talk. If he was not unhappy, he would have nothing to talk about. But if he had nothing to talk about, he would be unhappy.

If you interview people or friends who work with me, they would say I'm private or internal or don't emote a lot. Yet I do it every day for 10 million people. I just don't do it for the 30 people I'm in the room with.

A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.

Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.

I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think.

I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

I'm extremely happy, but I don't do love songs for the most part. It feels weird; that's such a personal thing to me. I'd rather live that in my real life and play a different character outside of that.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

I'm an emotional person, and I externalise my feelings a lot with some things, but I'm strong with others.

If I'm uncomfortable, you'd never know.

I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

Most people who know me know I'm not switched on all the time. I don't like to be like that in real life, because it's draining.

I tend to not wallow too much in sentiment if I can avoid it.