James St. James
When my trust fund ran out, I panicked. I have a lot of admiration for the kids who come to the big city with nothing and make it.Collection: Trust
The Club Kids were about fun. Wild, messy fun - the more debauched, the better.
People come. They go. Dying is the same as rehab or moving back to Missouri. It just means I won't be seeing them again.
The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.
We danced on the lip of the volcano, so to speak. We were young, too. And New York was still a big, open city where anything could happen and anyone could be star. Rents were cheap, creativity was encouraged, and bottle service was still 20 years away. That was the era the Club Kids came into.
I was definitely the oddball freak show in school.
I think that when you are a teenager, it's the smartest you will ever be in your life. Teenagers are so resilient and strong, it's just amazing.
I can remember every outfit I wore to every party going back to 1983.
I can be an incredibly fabulous person, and I don't have to be in the highest heels, the tallest wig, the skimpiest outfit.
I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek' article about the emerging downtown club scene, and, well, that was it for NYU. I was off and running.
As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not part of the scene anymore. I'll always be interested in what's happening downtown, and I try and keep up with the changing faces on social media.
There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free fall forever inside their head. It's a spooky thing to be left alone inside an angry inner-verse.
I would go to the all-night grocery store and pretend that I was at Studio 54 because it was the only place open all night. Truman Capote in the frozen foods. Andy Warhol over in vegetables.
Getting dressed was always the best part of every night.
Play Trivial Pursuit with me, and you'll be astonished. I can remember every outfit I wore to every party going back to 1983.
I can be an incredibly fabulous person, and I don't have to be in the highest heels, the tallest wig, the skimpiest outfit. I can let other things speak for me now.
Richie Rich, Keoki, Amanda LaPore are really successful. They've joined the culture at large.
I've sort of come to accept the fact that when I'm 80, people will ask about Michael Alig. I've had to realize that this is part of who I am.
I'll always be a party monster. I'll always love getting dressed up.
You know when you're writing, and it's just you and the computer screen, and you never think that anyone is ever going to read it... you're able to say private things when you're writing.
I'm not addicted to drugs, I'm addicted to glamour.Collection: Fashion
It's all about self-expression; you know, if you feel like a troll then you should look like a troll. It doesn't matter what you look like. I mean, if you have a hunchback just throw a little glitter on it, honey, and go dancing!Collection: Mean
The generation that has the greatest access to knowledge in the history of mankind is the one that cares the least about it.Collection: Generations
Don't sleep through your dreams.Collection: Dream
If we're all going to hell in a handbasket, we might as well make it a party on the way downCollection: Party
Funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there's always someone eager to help you destroy yourself.Collection: World
We are all freaks. Yes! Alone in our rooms at night, we are all weirdoes and outcasts and losers. That is what being a teenager is all about! Whether you admit it or not, you are all worried that the others won’t accept you, that if they knew the real you, they would recoil in horror. Each of us carries with us a secret shame that we think is somehow unique…And if we are, each of us, freaks – then can’t we accept what’s different in each other and move on?Collection: Real
Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.Collection: Hiding Something
There are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free fall forever inside their head. It's a spooky thing to be left alone inside an angry innerverse.Collection: Fall
So let's start at the very begining (a very good place to start...)Collection: Very Good
I give you bitter pills, in a sugar coating. The pills are harmless - the poison's in the sugarCollection: Giving
No, Michael, I do not trust you on a boat, I do not trust you on a goat. I do not trust you here. I do not trust you there. I do not trust you anywhere.Collection: Goats
It's a spooky thing to be left alone inside an angry innerverse.Collection: Spooky
Drug addicts are so funny that way. Just spinning around, lost in their own little world. Doing so much, accomplishing so little. How sad.Collection: Spinning Around
Tease hair, not homos!Collection: Hair
When you let the wolves guard the hen house, there's bound to be a few chicken dinners.Collection: House
People die all around us all the time. Drop like flies. Overdose. Aids. Sometimes they kill themselves. People come. They go. Dying is the same as rehab or moving back to Missouri. It just means I won't be seeing them againCollection: Moving
I don’t know how you look at the inside of your head — what metaphor you choose — but for those of us with endless yawning stretches of interior and nothing but nothing to stop us from getting lost in it, drugs can be wonderfully helpful.Collection: Yawning
And what do we have here? A scary monster, cowboy, and a fairy princess! Here's a hit of ecstasy, run along now.Collection: Running
We didn't wish -- wishes are wasted... We didn't hope -- because our future was inevitable... And we didn't pray -- we were on our own.Collection: Wish
If letters had eyebrows, these would be arched.Collection: Eyebrows