Top 50 Hunx Quotes

I hate old white men.

I just don’t want to be boring.

I went to beauty school, not art school.

My aim was to dismantle this false history that men created punk, because they didn’t. And they were certainly never the best at it.

I really want to make the gayest, gayest album ever.

I dress kind of flashy.

Everyone tries to be so slick and modern and computerized. I’ve always done everything myself with little money, so I guess it’s become ‘my look,’ but it’s not really intentional.

I have so many photos of myself in my room when I was a kid; I had one wall that was all TLC posters that I got free at some record store, then another wall was all Public Enemy, and the last wall was all ‘90210.’

Often, I feel like a cheap imitation aesthetically looks better to me than the real, out-of-reach thing. It’s amazing that brands create a whole illusion of exclusivity and luxury, and then you can go get the $5 version of a $30,000 thing and feel the same way but have a cool little secret.

Women that hate other women – that’s the worst.

There have been a lot of gay punks before me, and there will be a lot after.

I like in-person interviews, but I do a lot of interviews over the phone, and it’s so boring. The same questions over and over.

My favorite artists are my friends.

Hunx is kind of his own person that is not really me in my normal life.

I’m into the natural look on men.

I don’t have any qualms about selling out.

I don’t know if this is necessarily a misconception, but I think people make way more a deal out of my sexuality than necessary.

I’m determined to only work with women or queer people because it’s always a straight dude at the soundboard. I just don’t want to do that anymore! It dilutes the fruit-ness!

Gravy Train!!!! damaged me because I don’t think I will ever again experience something so intense and exciting. We were so young and pent up – and didn’t care about anything else in the world.

I’m, like, forever a teenage girl in a way. No matter how hard I try not to be, that’s just what I am. All I care about is boys and shopping.

Somebody once described my music as ‘Hairdresser Pop.’ I don’t know what that sounds like.

I really love ‘Hairspray.’ I love the idea of this teenage dance show where you have to go through all these competitions to get to the next level.

All I can say is that it’s important to follow your dreams.

I would get plastic surgery. It sounds fun.

I like keeping an ongoing list of dream collaborators on my phone. I like to write down all of my dreams, actually.

I’m basically a mom who loves vision boards, dream lists, and ‘The Secret.’

I don’t really trust musical artists that don’t also do visual art.

Hunx is kind of just, like, a really trashy punk band, honestly.

I think it’s because all our music videos have chubby girls wearing crazy makeup and crazy gay dudes and trannies that are overly stylized and over-the-top. Being compared to John Waters and girl groups isn’t a bad thing, though.

Gravy Train!!!! started out as a joke where we’d crash parties and be really obnoxious, and then somehow we got somewhat famous, and it was really weird.

I’m bored of just being in a band and touring.

As soon as the makeup comes on, I transform myself. I like being an entertainer and putting on a show.

I got a guitar when I was 14. I made really, really, really bad music as a teen. I learned to play Smashing Pumpkins and Hole songs.

People should be themselves.

I’ve tried to stalk Danzig. I’ve walked by his house on Franklin that looks super haunted and scary, but I’ve never seen him.

‘Hairdresser Blues’ was written when I was deep in a ten-year depression that I escaped shortly after recording that album. I don’t like that album.

Several times, I’ve been talking with some gross person at a party and had them literally walk away – mid convo – to ruthlessly approach someone more famous.

I don’t understand why you have to be one boring thing your whole life. Why can’t you just do whatever you want all the time?

Hunx was more punk, and Seth Bogart is more pop and plastic.

It’s important to be out as a performer.

I think I’m a really sweet guy, kind of shy and nice and stuff.

I’m not sure, exactly, why someone would want to move to S.F. or N.Y.C., even. I would only wanna live in L.A. or a tiny town like Provincetown or Palm Springs or Guerneville or something like that.

I wear a lot of wigs and stuff on stage to make my hair look bigger.

Beauty school gave me brain damage.

I love being surrounded by women.

Bouncers suck.

I’ve met people who are embarrassed of the stuff they’ve done, and they try to hide it. And I’m not embarrassed of anything.

I have zero morals about television. I just want to be entertained.

I didn’t know that buying expensive paint was a good thing and important. I always used whatever is cheapest, which I’m into, too.

In San Francisco, I lived in Bayview-Hunters Point.