Quotes by Klaus Nomi

Klaus Nomi

A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.

Cake

Makeup

Men

Elvis Presley is my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother.

Father

Mother

Spiritual

Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other.

Records

Rock And Roll

Rocks

I am singing in an operatic voice for the public, to bring something more to Rock and Roll. Because in a Rock and Roll performance, the singer talks to the public whereas in Opera the singer only talks to a character, inside a story. The public sees this as a picture, I want to transport this picture into the room where the public is.

Character

Rock And Roll

Voice

I approach everything as an absolute outsider. It is the only way I can break so many rules.

Break

Outsiders

Way

I come as the wicked witch from the Barock era.

Eras

Wicked

Witch

I did every thing, even dirty jobs like dishwashing or delivery boy for a grocer.

Boys

Dirty

Jobs

I do kind of transcend the song and give it a different meaning.

Different

Giving

Song

I feel threatened, and sometimes it makes me angry because I can’t do anything about that, there’s just too many issues. But in a way I think my work is meant to get people out of that.

Issues

People

Thinking

I go on stage and people like what I look like; as soon as I’m outside I feel like I have to hide, because people laugh at me, because of the way I look. Now, I use this look, it works for me, I even exaggerate it. I used to hide my large forehead, but now I’m selling it.

Laughing

Looks

People

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Able

Amusing

Art

Being Yourself

Believe

Black

Book

Boys

Break

Cake

Character

Complicated

Different

Dirty

Dream

Earth

Eras

Father

Feels

Fun

Germany

Giving

Holiday

Honestly

Humans

Innocence

Issues

Jobs

Kids

Kings

Knows

Laughing

Lips

Living On

Looks

Makeup

Men

Moments

Mother

Moving

Music Is

Nice

One Day

Opera

Outsiders

People

Planets

Records

Rock And Roll

Rocks

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Quotes by Klaus Nomi

Klaus Nomi

A man without makeup is like a cake without icing.

Elvis Presley is my spiritual father, and as you may know Maria Callas is my spiritual mother.

Every time I bought a Rock and Roll record, I bought a classical record at the same time. I like each as well as the other.

I approach everything as an absolute outsider. It is the only way I can break so many rules.

I come as the wicked witch from the Barock era.

I did every thing, even dirty jobs like dishwashing or delivery boy for a grocer.

I do kind of transcend the song and give it a different meaning.

I feel threatened, and sometimes it makes me angry because I can’t do anything about that, there’s just too many issues. But in a way I think my work is meant to get people out of that.

I go on stage and people like what I look like; as soon as I’m outside I feel like I have to hide, because people laugh at me, because of the way I look. Now, I use this look, it works for me, I even exaggerate it. I used to hide my large forehead, but now I’m selling it.

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