A biography for Laura Jane Gracehasn’t been written yet.
“When I was 19 or 20, the way I was an activist was by regularly meeting with groups, going to protests, and being there on the ground.”
“Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame. It was something very hidden, and dealt with very privately.”
“I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.”
“I moved to Naples, Florida, and by 15 I was into punk: Green Day, Rancid, NOFX, Operation Ivy. Along with the classic punk bands, like the Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat - all those bands that you get into when you're first getting into punk.”
“Two Coffins' is a song I wrote for my daughter.”
“I have gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia. I don't like to see pictures of myself.”
“What I learned early on, is that it's not really fun to do things alone.”
“That's one of the biggest fears a lot of trans people have if they decide to come out, that they're making themselves unlovable and that they'll never have a relationship again.”
“Chicago prides itself on being a mean city.”
“Living in Italy meant growing up without MTV.”
“Hormone replacement therapy does not change or affect your voice. And I have no problem with my voice: I really like my singing voice, I don't feel any dysphoria with my talking voice.”
“Butch Vig was a true friend and really guided us, and it was such a fulfilling relationship with a person to make records with.”
“I'm just me and if me being honest about who I am and putting myself out there in that way makes connections with people and helps people out, that's just repaying the favor of music because that's what music does for me.”
“I really like dumb romantic comedies; that's the way I can turn my brain off and let go.”
“As an artist, you're just observing the world around you. So much is overwhelming and it's all so inescapable that it can't all speak to general cultural statements.”
“My favorite video game when I was a kid was this game called 'Metroid' and the main character of 'Metroid' was Samus. Samus has this body armor suit, helmet and everything except at the end of the game, the helmet comes off and it was revealed that Samus was actually a woman.”
“Every artist has the song where they say, 'I wish I could have written a song as good as this,' but they don't feel like they've done it yet. It pushes you to evolve.”
“I had definitely stopped watching MTV by 2000.”
“The idea of Ryley Walker not ever listening to Leonard Cohen is like me going out to dinner and them telling me that they've never had spaghetti or whatever.”
“I don't want to be just that transgender performer or that transgender musical artist. I want to create songs and art and have those be judged on their merit alone.”