It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it’s really important for me to not break the groove.
GRIMESI just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
More Grimes Quotes
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I approach music – and this sounds crazy – as though I’m Phil Spector, and I’m cranking out these pop stars and forcing them to do all this stuff – except they’re all me. But I’m not, like, transgendered.
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I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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It’s important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you’re a teenager, is bad, per se. Demonizing it is one of the reasons it becomes such an issue.
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Lately I’ve been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.
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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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I don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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