Olly Alexander Quotes

I like Rufus Wainwright a whole lot. He makes me wanna be even more musical.

I listen to Emmylou Harris. She's my favorite. I don't know why, but I just feel more creative with her playing.

Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists.

I'd love to work with Sufjan Stevens. He so gets it. He's amazing.

Back then, as a kid, you made a choice of who you liked, and it was either us or 'Take That.' And if you liked 'East 17', it showed you knew what was going on, you were clued up, had better taste in music.

David Bowie's my favorite musician. I love him above all, but I'm really into rap a lot right now.

Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.

I love Miranda Lambert; I think she's wonderful. I love the song 'Love Letters' and 'Famous in a Small Town.'

I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.

We love U2, adore their music, just blown away by who they are as artists. They just seem like really good people.

I really like Lady GaGa and everything she is for her fans.

I'm not embarrassed that I'm a fan of Justin Bieber.

I think you look around the world in general, and who are the most popular people in the world? You can say that politicians and musicians are up there, but I guarantee you that athletes are ranked right up at the top if not more than a lot of those people. When you're well known, people look at you - especially kids. They want to be you.

It feels great to be compared to Colombian singer Shakira.

Everybody wanted to be Michael Jackson. That's how Will and I got to know each other.

I was a failed grunge kid who was too nerdy to totally get down with rock.

It's cool for young guys to see what their idols are doing.

People who like girl bands are really different from regular band fans.

The first artist whose music I really got into was Paolo Nutini. When his album 'Sunny Side Up' came out, I think I listened to it on repeat for, like, six months.

I've never been a die-hard Beyonce fan. I always thought she was inspirational and beautiful.

I was a fan of One Direction when I was 16, but I was also a fan of Bring Me The Horizon and hardcore bands.

When I want to have this teenage but funny way to be, I think about Ariana Grande.

From a young age I was really into pop music because I had these two older sisters who were into it, and I wanted to be like them. They liked Wham! and so I was really into them too.

Bands like Little Mix do represent youth culture because loads of 16 year old girls listen to them.

I have kids from everywhere, not just Australia, and they want to be like Redfoo. They love Redfoo and I love them.