Author: Ben Hopkins

Quotes

There is power in organization. There is power in a community. People have always wanted to destroy communities.

There is power in organization. There is power in a community. People have always wanted to destroy communities.

- Ben Hopkins

When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.

When I started playing music, I was more of a character. Now I'm just me with a cool outfit on. I'm more comfortable being myself.

- Ben Hopkins

When fringe groups gather, there is power in that.

When fringe groups gather, there is power in that.

- Ben Hopkins

What we do is provide a suggestion. We say, 'We're queer. We're going to do this; we're going to open up the space to queer thought.' People don't have to show up, but they do.

What we do is provide a suggestion. We say, 'We're queer. We're going to do this; we're going to open up the space to queer thought.' People don't have to show up, but they do.

- Ben Hopkins

Creating a safe space at our shows isn't encouraging anything. It's just saying thank you.

Creating a safe space at our shows isn't encouraging anything. It's just saying thank you.

- Ben Hopkins

Ben Hopkins is a very nervous, neurotic kind of person who is afraid of not being liked by people all the time. But, Monster-Me doesn't know who those people even are.

Ben Hopkins is a very nervous, neurotic kind of person who is afraid of not being liked by people all the time. But, Monster-Me doesn't know who those people even are.

- Ben Hopkins

Like my gender, sometimes things don't come out right the first time.

Like my gender, sometimes things don't come out right the first time.

- Ben Hopkins

I'm in a car so much on tour that I often just ask my friends to DJ and ask them what they like. That's the best way I discover music.

I'm in a car so much on tour that I often just ask my friends to DJ and ask them what they like. That's the best way I discover music.

- Ben Hopkins

We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's great if people find commonality in that.

We're not writing songs to solve a cultural problem. The goal for us is to express what we're going through, and it's great if people find commonality in that.

- Ben Hopkins

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