“I feel like listening to sad songs are a way of narrating your life an...” — Olly Alexander Quote

I feel like listening to sad songs are a way of narrating your life and confirming your identity.

At 13 I taught myself piano from an old song book, and Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now' was the first song I learned.

If you're making something tangible, whether it's clothing, a song, a piece of art... when you create something that's outside of yourself you take a bit of the pain and it's released, you let it out a little bit. That's my Oprah Winfrey moment.

We can't police the way people express their sexuality.

I hear bands say they don't know what country they are in at times. Now I understand because we sleep at weird times and are always in different places - but I'm not moaning. It's all fun.

Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

In India, romantic and sad songs will never die.

I don't fight my ability to sing sad songs: it's what I am good at, so I must be built for that.

I love writing super sad songs, and I love writing big pop songs.

I write a lot of sad songs!