Christine and the Queens Quotes

Christine and the Queens

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 1, 1988

If I want to say I'm a man for three minutes, then be it: I'm a man for three minutes.

Christine and the Queens

I remember growing up and feeling all the time not pretty enough, too rude, too loud, taking too much space because precisely I wanted to maybe be bossy and loud and unapologetic and not really smooth all the time, and those were not really qualities that were valued for me.

Christine and the Queens

When I was young, I took classical ballet lessons, but I wasn't very good at it. It was really frustrating because I wanted to be good at it. When I stopped having lessons, I began to dance and improvise, and I felt more comfortable.

Christine and the Queens

Sometimes, in my adult life, I have memories of when I was young and really scared of being too close to people.

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The success of the first album was almost an anomaly, and it could remain a fantastic anomaly. It was not crafted for commercial success. I remember meetings with my label saying it had no radio singles. For me, the second album was a gesture of independence.

Christine and the Queens

You have to work with your body when you dance; you can't shy away from your physicality. For me, it's really linked to an incandescent way of accepting yourself and projecting. The dancing was at the core from the beginning.

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Christine and the Queens is about not being safe.

Christine and the Queens

I'm kind of obsessed with Bruce Springsteen - the T-shirt and jeans look for me is appealing. Prince was great as well. He designed all of his outfits himself and looked exactly how he wanted to look. He was in complete control of his image.

Christine and the Queens

I remember studying so hard for so long and saying to my parents, 'I will be a teacher.' And they were looking at me like, 'Girl... you just want to be on stage. Stop pretending.' So when I chose to do music, they were relieved. My parents were more intelligent and lucid than I was.

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The way I dress definitely helps me embody and actually change my way of behaving and feel more confident.

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My words are my sword.

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I know that a song is working when I can properly dance on it.

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Gendered performance is just constant theater.

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I'm not trying to brag, but if I did expose my life, it would be a good YouTube series.

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I'm going to redefine what it means to be sexy, and it's going to be creepy as hell. Because I could never do the 'sexy' way of being sexy.

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When I thought of Christine at first, I was really angry with everything that was given to me as a young girl.

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I love trying to match a really hard expectation.

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I love sensual women like Beyonce who are very empowering and sexy at the same time, but if it's not what you want to do then you have to say no.

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I'm kind of an obsessive person, and touring is repetitive in the best way.

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When I was young, I would write all the time. Novels, plays, and poems. It's like a disease - my life is filled with fantasies, and I have to write them all down.

Christine and the Queens