Quotes from Teddy Geiger

My mother makes marvelous meals.

Everybody has had that experience of really wanting to do something and being afraid.

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.

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.'

Movies affecting music has caused me to collaborate a little bit better.

A lot of animals are finding themselves in positions where their habitats are being destroyed.

Having a hit is fine, but doing the work is what I want. I get more excited the day of creation than once it's big.

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.

A lot of what's happened with my career has been because of the Internet. It's a way for me to reach fans directly, especially with music.

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.

It's hard to feel like a teen idol.

I went to my junior prom. It wasn't that fun... And I don't dance.

I told a couple friends about it... I was like, 'Hey, might be trans, might want to look at doing hormone therapy, just letting you know'... and they were like, 'Yeah cool. Who cares? Like, whatever, awesome.'

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.

People have their image of you or their ideas about who you are, and it can be frustrating.

I threw away all my boys' clothes and started wearing makeup.

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 used to be extremely shy.

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.

I'm just kind of trying to make the best stuff I can make.

Music has been more a solitary, creative thing. The acting side of things and working in movies has helped me collaboratively with music in terms of helping me get ideas across to other people and making it more of a team efforts.

I'm extremely bad at not missing TV shows, but I'd like not to miss '24.'

I can remember back to being 5 and looking in the mirror, feeling like a girl and wanting that. But growing up in Rochester, there were limited resources. I'd never met a trans person before.

I was on 'In Search of the Partridge Family,' MTV'S 'Miss Seventeen,' and the comedy 'Love Monkey.'