“Once I decided to be a different person on stage, I got the chance to ...” — Conchita Wurst Quote

“Once I decided to be a different person on stage, I got the chance to be larger than life and over the top, which I love.”

“Maybe I'll never get the Grammy. But maybe I will get things that are worth much, much more than any Grammy which could stand on my shelf.”

“I have a very busy life, and I love meeting people, but I also like to be alone.”

“I'm not that powerful to take out the masculinity of a beard.”

“If you want to be a bearded lady then you are allowed to do that because you're not hurting anybody.”

“I'm just a singer in a fabulous dress, with great hair and a beard.”

“I studied economics. I studied industrial engineering. It wasn't until later, when I was around 26, that I really decided to go to film school.”

“I always loved movies as a child, and I love story. I got my degree in English. Film and story seemed, to me, the vector of the movie business. I really didn't know what 'the film business' meant, but I decided I wanted to be in it.”

“I think when I was 16, I thought I was going to go to law school. And then, once I got into college, I decided I don't like to read that much or to study that much.”

“My grandfather, as I said, was industrious. He'd had a variety of jobs and decided sometime in the 1940s that he would never work for anyone. He was also a very independent man.”

“My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.”

“It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided.”