I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
GRIMESI only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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 only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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