I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
GRIMESSuccess, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
More Grimes Quotes
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If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there’s always a narrative that is very nonlinear – and that’s the essence of a good music video.
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Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn’t want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
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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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My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It’s a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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I think a lot of music that’s really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image. And people assume that it’s a commodified thing, so it can’t be “indie.”
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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.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I’m making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.
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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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I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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