Darren Criss Quotes

People fall in love with a person, not a gender or an age.

Buy my album because... it's the kind of music you can be friends with. And it's the only way that *pause* aliens won't come to Earth and destroy us. I am sure of this.

There's nothing more badass than being who you are.

Hope for everything, expect nothing.

My name's Darren. I'm a musician, part time idiot. That's a full time job actually.

My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.

I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If I like it, I don't feel guilty about it

Never let what is popular actually define your taste or interests.

The power of a smile goes a long way. My mom taught me that.

Chris Colfer... he's like a... playful wood-nymph.

I always shoot for the moon in my work, so that I'm happy when I land on the roof.

No one's tried to stab me. That's cool. I enjoy not being stabbed.

Glee is more then just a show now. It's become a wonderful culture celebrating the underdog and glorifying individuality.

What can you expect from me in the next five years? Well... I'll get older

As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.

I want people to know that there is nothing more badass than being yourself.

Its always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted.

Guys I’m kind of nutty, but you have to understand that that’s all just me being myself.

It’s been a secret too long, but I’m actually a straight male.

I’ve always loved fairytales, and I’ve loved the concept of, um, some of the best parts of a lot of stories are the beginning.

There's not a damn thing that I do on my own that's not for my fans or for people that have supported me. So, I don't really care about my agenda, I wanna be on yours.

Yeah, there has been alot of changes in my life since I started glee...I bought a new sweater.

I was consumed by my love for Chris Colfer, and I just couldn't hold it in any longer.

Im like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, Im still going to be asking for more time two days before its due.

I've always been the annoying kid who sang.

I don't take breaks, man, I'm always doing something.

I would be the worst president in the history of the United States. Unless you want the apocalypse to happen really soon then yes, I'll run for president.

The first time you do anything, people always take a minute to try to figure it out, but once you witness it in person, the word starts to spread and it gains momentum year after year.

All my aunts in the Phillipines, they look at me and say 'Darreeeeeen! You so thin! Eat!'

I never let my politics supersede my manners.

I'm on cloud nine.. i wouldn't even say cloud nine... more like cloud ten... cloud nine was old news.

Broadway is not just the song and the shows; it's the individual performers and the community.

Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not.

Please don't kill me, I'm nice.

I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.

I know. I'm Darren. I don't know what I'm doing here.

When you're an artist, you have to hope for everything and expect nothing.

I wish I was old Hollywood.

I'm ambitious in the sense that I raise the bar high for myself.

I'm always just waiting for someone to cut me off; I'm a chatty guy.

I don't shave when I'm not working.

For me, I think everybody with half a heart tries to do their best to do their part of good during the holiday season.

I'm this goofball. I look at myself in the mirror, and the person that I know doesn't match up to what I think people love to perceive me as.

I like orange and blue together, but I would never wear them.

I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.

I mean, come on, Beyonce's the queen of pop music. She's the queen. If you could run for queen... I would put her name in the suggestion box. She's incredible.

We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?

I play mostly guitar, and I played drums in my brother's band for a while growing up.

I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me.

I'm very specific and ambitious in plotting out my goals and never take no for an answer - so it's not like things just fall in my lap.