I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
GRIMESI love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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.
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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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.
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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’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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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 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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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.
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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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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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 prefer making videos to making music.
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