A biography for Teddy Geigerhasn’t been written yet.
“It's not a cis-man becoming a cis-woman. It's a trans person just being who they want to be. This is how I've always felt, and this is who I've always been. But so much focus is put on the transition or the change because it's so visible. But that's not even what it is... That's who that person's been and who they are now.”
“My goal is to make music and be a part of cool projects.”
“When I was growing up, I didn't know of anybody who was trans. There was always, like, this shame, anxiety thing around all of that, even if I wasn't actively expressing it.”
“I try not to write two songs about the same thing, although, on occasion, it happens, so I guess it kinda helps to change stuff up.”
“I got No Doubt on cassette, 'Tragic Kingdom.' And I just remember being so psyched about all those songs and, like, the songwriting and just her voice, and her vibe was amazing.”
“I started painting my nails and started wearing some women's clothing, but that whole side of me always caused problems in my intimate relationships. There was a lot of shame attached to it. I'd talk to people I was dating about it but still feel ashamed.”
“One of the things that I loved about working on that first album was working with Billy Mann, who produced the album, and all the people who worked to finish it. Just seeing how they did things and learning.”
“I think you can tour the country and collectively reach fewer people than just being on television one time.”
“I'm not really a huge team player guy; I wasn't really into sports or anything.”
“A lot of times, I'd be styled and, like, wearing a t-shirt I wouldn't ever wear. All the sudden, there's this image of you, and you're like, 'Hold on, wait.'”
“I was terrified of girls until sophomore year of high school. I couldn't even borrow pencils from them. I'd have to wait until the teacher called me out on it, like, 'Does anybody have a pencil for Teddy?' because I'd be too scared to ask the girl next to me.”
“Painting my nails was one of the things I liked to do, and I was so terrified of, like, ever letting anybody see my nails painted.”
“It's very, very exciting for me to hear my songs on the radio and to play shows and have people know the words.”
“If there was something that I took an interest in that I'd go to college to learn about, I'd go.”
“People have their image of you or their ideas about who you are, and it can be frustrating.”
“I'm extremely bad at not missing TV shows, but I'd like not to miss '24.'”
“Things kind of have their arc: you get signed, and your first thought is, 'Oh my God, I made it!' But you never really make it.”
“My mother makes marvelous meals.”
“That image of who I was publicly was so solidified. You're that person. And it wasn't even close to a true representation of where I was in my life.”
“I was on 'In Search of the Partridge Family,' MTV'S 'Miss Seventeen,' and the comedy 'Love Monkey.'”