Quotes from Laura Jane Grace

I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to the PTA meetings.

I feel self-conscious for even having met so many other band people and artists, I don't want to be that artist that is only able to talk about themselves and their own band. I don't want to be that person. I'd rather just be quiet than be that person.

People don't have to understand a language to understand the emotion and sentiment behind a song.

A lot of people don't perceive me as female or trans, they just see some rocker.

In a perfect world, in my opinion, 'they,' 'them,' and 'theirs' would be the pronouns that everyone would use.

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 look like a dude and feel like a dude, and it sucks. But eventually I'll flip, and I'll present as female.

It's not like I came out in 'Rolling Stone' and all of a sudden I had a closet full of all the clothes I want.

My least favorite thing about being in a band is photo shoots and video shoots. I like writing songs.

There were definitely songs in the past that were me dealing with living this gender dysphoria, and sometimes they were really direct and no one picked up on it - but oftentimes, they were more veiled in metaphor.

Trying to cause chaos - I think that's the way I create change.

For most people who are transitioning, surgery isn't really a financial reality. So to place these goals of 'in order to be happy with my body, I must do this thing' is really damaging to yourself.

The first record we made, we recorded and mixed in a day. The second record was recorded and mixed in a week. The third was recorded and mixed in a month, and 'New Wave' was mixed and recorded in six months. It was an epic project.

I grew up in Italy, so for me, Naples pizza is the only type of pizza that there really is.

If you look at the difference between the first Clash record and 'Combat Rock,' what an evolution.

I really like dumb romantic comedies; that's the way I can turn my brain off and let go.

I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian. I hate coming up with bits to do between songs.

Society doesn't portray transsexual people in a very positive light.

My whole identity is not gender. My whole identity is not talking about gender. There are so many other things in my life that are fulfilling that I like to think about too.

As a trans person, I don't feel welcome in most public spaces. Especially now with Trump, I don't feel faith or recognize that we're protected by the government or administration.

It would be weird enough just being in a band trying to date. It makes it harder being a parent. And it makes it really interesting when you're trans.

I dealt with depression for my whole life. That's not something that was caused by being trans.

Manic depression in general is something that runs in my family, and it's something that I battle with.

Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame. It was something very hidden, and dealt with very privately.