“I don't know if I could write a pop song without at least a little tou...” — Perfume Genius Quote

“I don't know if I could write a pop song without at least a little touch of bite in it, and it's usually not a bite that most people would want to sing.”

“I like to have fun! And everything that's good for you is not fun, and that bores me.”

“I sort of trust myself as a musician to experiment more and to know when things are more effective when they're spare and when a song can hold up to a lot of different instrumentations. So I'm more willing to go for it.”

“I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes.”

“Freak mistakes happen sometimes as a goalkeeper that if you make them, then it's always going to bite you.”

“I saw an e-mail from one guy who's about 23 to one of peers. His parting sign-off was 'Don't let the bedbugs bite.' Now that's really poetic.”