Quotes by Conchita Wurst - Page 2

Once I decided to be a different person on stage, I got the chance to be larger than life and over the top, which I love.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Life Love Chance
Different Person
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I grew up in a small Austrian village, a quite conservative one, and I was the weird little boy always dressing as a girl.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Village
Dressing
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I want to show the world that if you want to be a bearded lady you are allowed to do it without being discriminated against.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Bearded
Discriminated
Lady
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But I would not refuse a meeting with Putin. I would like to spend a week with Putin, so that I could better understand him.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Putin
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If people really want to know whether I am a woman or transsexual, I take it as a compliment. It means I'm doing my job well.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Compliment
I Am People Woman
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I mean, I would love to see the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, dressing up in a more cosy way, if she feels like doing it.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
German
Love Doing See
Chancellor
Dressing
Love Way Doing
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I'm not perfect, I just do what I think is right. So if I can't fulfil people's expectations, I'm sorry, but it's not my fault.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Not Perfect
Sorry
Fault
Fulfil
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I can always spot an Australian queen by her high, high end wig. Australian drag queens have the best hair in the world - the best.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Queens
Australian
Drag
Best Always World
Spot
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Maybe I'll never get the Grammy. But maybe I will get things that are worth much, much more than any Grammy which could stand on my shelf.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Grammy
Shelf
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I don't understand why people spend so much time thinking about me if they don't like what I do. I couldn't care less about things I don't like.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Time Thinking Me
So Much Time
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If you've got the chance to really speak your mind and do what you feel and express yourself how you want, then this is freedom. Drag is freedom.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Drag
Express Yourself
Express
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I find it hard to believe when people tell me I inspired them in any kind of way because I think to myself, 'well, why?' It's just me - not Madonna.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Myself Believe Me
Madonna
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For me, my dream came true. But for society it showed me that people want to move on, to look to the future. We said something, we made a statement.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Dream
Moving
People
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Being a teenager, a gay teenager, in such a small village is not that much fun. I am part of the gay community and most gays have a similar story to mine.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Being A Teenager
Gay Community
Village
Gays
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I didn't invent the bearded lady. It's been around for ages, and there are so many bearded drag queens out there - but they're not in the mainstream as I am.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Queens
Drag
Mainstream
Ages
Bearded
Invent
Lady
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Being a teenager in a small Austrian village was not fabulous. I tried to fit in and changed myself to be part of the game. I now realise I can create the game.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Being A Teenager
Fabulous
Village
Realise
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I just want everybody to be respected. It shouldn't be politics because for me it's not, one of the most natural things in our society should be to be respectful.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Respectful
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It's obvious for example that when I am Conchita, I use the female toilet, and when I am Tom, the male toilet. I can assure you it's never a problem for women, they love it.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Obvious
Assure
Love Women I Am
For Example
Toilet
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If you are prepared to admit to others and to yourself who you really are, then you can have a fantastic life. Of course, you need to have a thick skin to get through it all.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Thick
Thick Skin
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Eurovision is this bubble of inclusivity and respect, and it's so beautiful, if only the whole world would be in this bubble. It is a family that will never forget about you.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Never Forget
Bubble
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It's easy to say, 'This is just a joke.' You know, the bearded lady? And I feel the need to smash it with every performance just because I want to be clear this is not a joke.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Clear
Bearded
Joke
Lady
Performance
Smash
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There's a big difference between when I'm Tom and when I'm Conchita. Conchita uses very proper German; Tom talks in an Austrian dialect. Conchita gets mad if she is kept waiting; Tom is lazy.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Dialect
Lazy
German
Big Difference
Talks
Tom
Uses
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Dressing as a woman meant I began to accept my body, and I enjoyed seeing women get jealous. They ask me how I get my waist this size; how I manage to walk in heels as if I've done it all my life.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Jealous
Heels
Manage
Life Women Done
All My Life
Life Women Walk
Dressing
Waist
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People only look at my beard for a moment. Then it melts away and it's just another part of me. It's like the most natural thing, that this is what a bearded lady looks like. It's beautiful to see.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Beard
Looks
Natural
Bearded
Beautiful Look Me
Lady
Moment
Natural Thing
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Winning the Eurovision contest is just a door opener, this is not that you're set for life. Definitely not, don't mistake that, because you really have to work your behind off to sustain in this business.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Life Work Business
Contest
Opener
Sustain
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You have to be respectful. Don't ask for respect if you are not respectful. It's not depending on your sexuality, your gender or the colour of your skin. It should be in the focus to live a respectful life.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Colour
Gender
Respectful
Sexuality
Depending
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I'm a drag artist, and we put so much effort into creating characters, so the easiest way to show us respect is to call us by the name we gave ourselves and refer to the gender we have chosen to be on stage.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Chosen
Drag
Easiest
Easiest Way
Refer
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The whole process of telling my story to my ghostwriter was so intense, after all, because he would ask me questions that no journalist would ask me. Things like, 'How did it smell at your grandmother's house?'
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Intense
Smell
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Over the years I've realised that there's nothing wrong with me. But there was a long way for me to go to get back to this loud and outgoing kid, and to get to the point where I could say, 'Yeah, I'm gay, so what?'
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Long Way
Loud
Outgoing
Realised
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The most important thing will be when we actually stop talking about sexual orientation. The moment we reach that point when that is not important any more, we've reached a big goal which is a long way in front of us.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Long Way
Orientation
Sexual
Reached
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One year, my parents hired someone in the village to dress up as Krampus for a surprise visit to our home - and they regretted it for ever. I went to the door and this huge creature was standing there. I think I passed out.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Surprise
Village
Creature
Regretted
Visit
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As Conchita, I've got everything that I need to be glamourous and in the spotlight, giving interviews, doing photo shoots. And on the other side, there's Tom, this shy, boring boy. And I love to be shy and boring when I'm in private.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Interviews
Photo Shoots
Spotlight
Photo
Shoots
Tom
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When I'm standing in front of all those lawmakers in the European Parliament, then I'm a speaker, when I'm singing, I'm a singer. If I'm on the catwalk, then I'm being a model. That can all happen in one week or even on the same day.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Lawmakers
Parliament
Speaker
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I would prefer a society where we don't have to explain ourselves. But I get that many people just need those labels to understand it. And if I make my situation or beliefs more understandable by putting labels on it, I'm happy to do it.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Labels
Beliefs
Understandable
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The main topic I'm always talking about is equality, and I get that it's politics, but it shouldn't be. It should be the most normal thing ever. There's bullying and discrimination about the colour of your skin, your religion. And it must end.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Bullying
Colour
Discrimination
Topic
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The private person Tom Neuwirth and the art figure Conchita Wurst respect each other from the bottom of their hearts. They are two individual characters with their own individual stories, but with one essential message for tolerance and against discrimination.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Discrimination
Tolerance
Private Person
Tom
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I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Architect
Designer
Fashion Designer
Opportunity Yourself Your
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The first song I remember listening to in a language other than German was 'Goldfinger,' by Shirley Bassey. I was seven years old at the time and I had no idea which language it was or who the lady was singing it, but it touched me and I realised that it was the sort of music I liked.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Realised
Touched
Time Music Me
German
Lady
Shirley
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Kids go crazy for the Krampus tradition and dress up as little monsters - they have beautiful masks, handmade from wood. Our village in Austria puts on a special play in which the creature tells an old beggar to repent his sins; when he refuses, he's beaten up by lots of Krampuses at once.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Austria
Beaten
Beggar
Handmade
Monsters
Repent
Village
Creature
Masks
Puts
Refuses
Sins
Wood
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I am happy being a man in a dress. Some people get confused and think I'm a trans woman, but I'm strict about the difference. What I do is performance, it's staged, it's glamour - it's not real life. But for trans people, being born in the wrong body - there's nothing glamorous or easy about that.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Confused
Glamorous
Strict
Life Man I Am
Being A Man
Staged
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I got an invitation to speak in the European parliament and I met Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the U.N. I took those opportunities to talk about what I thought was right. That those people, who are more important and powerful than I am, think I'm relevant enough to give a speech is mind-blowing.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Mind Blowing
Parliament
Ban
I Am People Important
Invitation
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I'd done drag since I was 14, for special occasions, and in 2010 a friend of mine with her own burlesque group was looking for a host. During a party I was just fooling around, taking the microphone, saying stupid, funny things, and she asked me afterward if I wanted to host her burlesque show every Saturday.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Burlesque
Drag
Funny Things
Host
Party
Saturday
Special
Stupid
Afterwards
Asked
Funny Stupid Me
Fooling
Group
Microphone
Mine
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From Vienna with Love' will build a bridge across the globe from Vienna to Sydney, full of music, love and fun. I am really looking forward to performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and fabulous guest artists who all have ties to Vienna and telling a story with music that inspired me and songs from my debut album.
Conchita Wurst / Musical Artist
Debut
Fabulous
Looking Forward
Orchestra
Sydney
Ties
Vienna
Love Music I Am
Bridge
Globe
Guest
Symphony Orchestra
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