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.
GRIMESJust because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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.
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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.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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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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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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 prefer making videos to making music.
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