“I'm not in a certain type of genre, and I can't be categorized or pige...” — Shamir Quote

“I'm not in a certain type of genre, and I can't be categorized or pigeonholed. That leaves a wide range of what I can do for myself, for other people, and with other people.”

“As far as influences, I listen to a lot of people like Nina Simone and other androgynous voices, almost to make me feel like I'm not alone.”

“I didn't go to prom because I was too punk.”

“I'm like a tree. My leaves might change color, but my roots are the same.”

“You go to a lot of places, and they say they're going to use you in this kind of way. As time goes on, you're in Week 8 like, 'Man, didn't they say before the season they were going to use me?' It leaves you with a bad feeling. You get a bad vibe inside like, 'I can't trust this. I want to be somewhere else.'”

“The thing about the Russian secret police and the Soviet secret police is that one never leaves the secret police. Once a KGB man, always a KGB man.”