100 Quotes by Olly Alexander

I've been writing a lot of songs about my personal life and identity. That can be a real healing process.

So many queer people come out constantly for the rest of their lives, ya know? To the people they work with, to people in taxi cabs. Whatever it is, it isn't the one day.

We are traumatized by growing up in a world that doesn't really accept us. Obviously, we've made great leaps and bounds, but I think there's a tendency to force a narrative onto queer people that once you come out... you have to be really happy and really successful and proud all the time.

I can't play guitar well at all, so I had to learn that.

I've been taking medication for depression and anxiety ever since I was a teenager and I've had treatment for both.

There was just this stage where I realised that people were listening to what I was saying and I could actually say something I believe in and, like... why wasn't I doing that? It's not because I think I have a responsibility as a pop star or whatever; it's because I think I have a responsibility as a human being.

I don't want to be normal, I don't want to grow up.

I think anything that happens to you between the ages of zero to 18, and probably further on, has a lasting impact on you.

I just feel lucky to be able to do stuff I enjoy.