I don’t have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
GRIMESSuccess, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
More Grimes Quotes
-
-
I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
GRIMES -
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.
GRIMES -
I feel like gender lines are changing. A couple of years ago, it wasn’t nearly as OK for guys to like girly-sounding music. But all of a sudden a lot of my guys friends who would like have been really disdainful of female singers are way more accepting.
GRIMES -
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
GRIMES -
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
GRIMES -
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
GRIMES -
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.
GRIMES -
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
GRIMES -
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
GRIMES -
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.
GRIMES -
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.
GRIMES -
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.”
GRIMES -
I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
GRIMES -
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.
GRIMES -
Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it’s also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.
GRIMES -
I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
GRIMES -
I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
GRIMES -
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
GRIMES -
Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
GRIMES -
I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
GRIMES -
I don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
GRIMES -
In America there’s lot of cool cities, but in Canada there’s, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they’re so expensive. Montreal is the only city that’s affordable but also has buses and culture.
GRIMES -
When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don’t respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.
GRIMES -
I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
GRIMES -
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
GRIMES -
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
GRIMES