“Participating in the arts, as an observer or creating it, can be a way to touch and heal and recontextualize and bolster and imagine and be excited by and to be let loose which, for someone whose very self is at odds with the world around them, can be the literal difference between life and death. It is important for the well-being of all people but I think it may have a slightly more significant place for LGBTQIA+ people or for any group or individual who faces an excess of scrutiny, bigotry, violence, or ostracization for who they are. It is a place to turn negative experience and negative feeling into something other than oppression or pain.” – Jamie Stewart, Xiu Xiu

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JAMIE STEWART x LOGAN LYNN
for DotGay Blog (2021)

(Interview posted at OhHey.gay and LoganLynnMusic.com)

#XiuXiu

(Photo by Jeremy Lange)

“This all has been a building process. Nothing has been handed to me. I’ve taken advantage of all the opportunities that have come my way by working hard. It feels good to see people responding to my music. I feel like comparisons can be very counterproductive in the art world. It’s no fun to categorize somebody’s self-expression. I make the music that flows through me and that’s all I can ever do.” – Zella Day (Chaparelle)

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ZELLA DAY x LOGAN LYNN
for HuffPost Entertainment (2015)

(Photo by Janell Shirtcliff)