I hope that I do make music that can speak to anyone. I don't just want to play for a queer crowd.

Jake Shears

Categorized in : Want Hope Speak Music

I don't let things stress me out, and I'm doing my best with all the battles life presents.

best me stress life

I've been a much happier person in my early thirties than I was in my twenties.

than person been early

I'm such a fitness freak that I eat so plain, it's gross. I have oatmeal in the morning and then I have chicken breasts and vegetables and spinach shakes.

chicken vegetables fitness morning

I travel so much and am always living out of a suitcase, so my favorite saying is 'Wherever you go, there you are'. I love it because it's reassuring to me that you have to live in the moment wherever you happen to be.

me moment you love

I love Rebel Rebel in Manhattan's West Village for vinyl, but record stores are hard to come by these days. I almost don't even use iTunes. I mostly use music subscription services. But I'll go into Rebel Rebel once a month or so and buy everything I love on vinyl.

rebel village music love

My mom's a Christian and she loves me; that whole side of my family is Christian and I have no problem with it.

me family mom problem

My mom gets so upset at me when I say stuff in the press about anything political, and it drives me crazy because I say to my mom: 'I can't be on the side of any sort of war and I'm not going to be.'

me crazy mom war

We've never been outrageous on stage.

been never outrageous stage

I'm so crazy about making albums and singing and dancing.

about singing crazy dancing

I saw David Bowie in 'Labyrinth' when I was seven or eight. I told my mom I wanted a Bowie record, so we traveled to the mainland, which was, like, a three-hour trip, and I bought 'Let's Dance' and 'Tonight.' 'Let's Dance' blew my little mind. I became obsessed with it.

like dance mom mind

There are only so many chords and notes in the world.

only many notes world

I stopped writing fiction the moment I started writing songs, and I miss it.

miss songs moment writing

I love creating things. I love making things.

making things creating love

I've never been great at being really analytical about myself.

never being great myself

I've always loved to write, and I wrote fiction all my life. That's what I thought I was going to do in my life - until I started writing songs.

loved my-life thought life

I came out when I was 15 at school, and I realized I had put myself into a precarious situation. It was a very hostile environment for me, and a lot of kids had it in for me. It was a scary situation. I was very impatient. I wanted to grow up now.

grow myself me school

I think, as people, we're isolating ourselves. We're talking to each other through our phones, arguing... those divisions freak me out.

think me talking people

I do think it's possible to change people's minds - it's one of my goals with my music.

goals music change people

I just like to work with other people, and I like things that are kind of a little bit bigger than that. I don't know. I just feel like a solo record just kind of gives me the willies a little bit.

feel me work people

One of my favorite venues is the Bowery Ballroom in New York. I love the room; there's a tiny stage, but I really like the feel of it.

new feel stage love