Christine and the Queens Quotes

Christine and the Queens

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 1, 1988

That's part of what made me interested in theater as a kid. It made it acceptable to be a man for an hour onstage.

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For me, everything is a performance.

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Christine was me wanting to break free. I was tired of being prissy and shrinking and apologising all of the time, so I created a character that could be daring for me.

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I've experienced being properly lost in my desires, and it's really influenced my writing.

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That's pretty much how I feel on stage, like I can let go of all kinds of baggage, or even disappear and change outfits. I want to remind people that they can grant themselves the license to do the same.

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I have Googled so many things related to possible diseases, and it's always ridiculous. Like, 'My toe is hurting. Do I have cancer?' 'I have a scratch in my eye. Am I going to die soon?' 'Is eating a soup going to make me die?'

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I trust people who look like animals.

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The first album was a coming-of-age album - I don't like the phrase, but when you listen to it, you can tell I was having a hard time, that I wasn't socially relating to people.

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I love Lou Reed because his voice sounds like your inner conscience.

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I love people that are question marks. I love people that don't have answers and are just trying to cope with it. I love people that just don't tick boxes. There is a grace in them I can't really find elsewhere.

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I invented Christine as a survival technique. I was inspired by the idea that everyone could have a Christine inside to wake.

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The core of all the music I love is a good bass line and a good rhythm.

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I'm terrified of dying because of everything being too unfinished. I would be happy being a ghost.

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I always knew I wanted to be a woman in men's clothing because I just feel good like that. I feel like I'm taking a different space: I move differently; I'm more at ease.

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I'm just drawn to hands.

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When you write, you don't really think of how honest you are being - it's only when you record that you understand how much of yourself you're giving.

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I always wanted to be Romeo, not Juliet. Romeo is a much cooler way to be - Juliet's just up in a balcony, waiting.

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When I have to take phone calls, I start to sweat and panic. Being on the phone is so weird - hearing a voice without seeing the face so you can't really know the intention behind the voice.

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I broke up with my first girlfriend because I was out of love. I was crushing so hard on her for a whole year, and I finally I got to be with her, and the interest vanished. I'm a terrible person. I was 17, and she was in my class.

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Because I'm experimenting so much with gender-bending and listening to everything that happens to me in terms of genderless energies, I have a hard time finding partners that can match me.

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