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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.

Grimes

I always wanted to be really experimental.
GRIMES

Experimental Really Wanted
If I think about what other people are thinking when I’m making music, I just can’t do it. It’s too withheld – I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.
GRIMES

Facts Need People Reasonable Thinking
I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
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Bigs Interest Video
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
GRIMES

Dark Winter Writing
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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Instrument Pads Voice
I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
GRIMES

Black Night Window
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
GRIMES

Music Stuck Thinking
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

Artist Crazy Moving
Especially with music, people want confidence.
GRIMES

Confidence People Want
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

Assuming People Thinking
I prefer making videos to making music.
GRIMES

Making Music Video
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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Crazy Moving People
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.
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Couple Female Guy
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

Four Hours Important
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
GRIMES

Good Looks People Times
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
GRIMES

Basically Consistency Impressionable

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