35 Quotes by Ben Hopkins

Creating a safe space at our shows isn't encouraging anything. It's just saying thank you.

For me, choosing to perform in drag, because of all the things I enjoy about it, is a political act.

What we do is provide a suggestion. We say, 'We're queer. We're going to do this; we're going to open up the space to queer thought.' People don't have to show up, but they do.

People who pigeonhole us for our queerness are not people I'm interested in knowing. They're so boring. How dare you be so boring? Grow up. Get some Ray-Bans.

Rather than writing about my experiences with other people, 'Ugly Cherries' is the first song I've ever written about myself. It's a confrontation: an attempt to unpack my own queerness with humor and self care.

I want to say that our shows are safer-spaces shows. Don't push anyone or affect anyone's space.

Drag has always made me feel less scared.

When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.

Like my gender, sometimes things don't come out right the first time.