The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
GRIMESI’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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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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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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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Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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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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