Brian Molko Quotes

• We live in a strange bubble.

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• There’s a hell of a lot of freedom in this rock and roll circus… it’s where all the freaks go – it’s the environment for me.

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• The more you’ll dress up the more fun you’ll have.

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• So, then you find yourself in a situation where you have to do things because they’re on offer to you, because you don’t have much self-respect left. You just can’t say no, even to something that you’ve never done before. You just can’t help yourself.

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• Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool.

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• My mouth has a tendency to get me into trouble, but because I’m so small and I take on people who are lager than me. If someone punched me, I’d get my drummer beat them up.

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• Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.

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• I’m tired of being around men all the time. I’m going to start a band called Skirt with three girls and I’ll play the guitar and sing backing vocals in drag. I went window shopping when I was in New York, saw a lot of amazing dresses.

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• I’d be interested in finding out if there is a light you walk into, and if you do meet people from your life and walk hand in hand with Jesus. I would hate for my death to be tragic: I’d like to be old when it happens. But hopefully a young death is unlikely.

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• I refuse to be held responsible for bringing back a wave of pasty-faced people into the world.

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• I love being a freak. It’s great!

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• I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect.

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• I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people’s minds.

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• I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey.

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• Dresses, I find, are impractical in social situations, but I enjoy wearing them a great deal on stage.

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• Being so honest in my writing is cathartic.

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Brian Molko (16)

Birth:	10th December, 1972
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Musician, Singer, Songwriter

About

Brian Molko was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is a british musician, singer and songwriter of the band Placebo. He is known in particular for his nasal, high-pitched vocals, androgynous appearance, and unique, Sonic Youth-influenced guitar style and tuning. Along with Hewitt and Olsdal, he had a role in the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine, for which Placebo performed the T. Rex song "20th Century Boy". He played Malcolms, a singer of the fictional glam rock band, The Flaming Creatures, who resembled the early Alice Cooper band. During Placebo's live performances, Brian has played a number of instruments: guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, harmonica and saxophone. In December 2012, Molko received an Honorary Fellowship from Goldsmiths College, University of London. His parents attended the ceremony.

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