Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
GRIMESFrom 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 even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 prefer making videos to making music.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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