Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
GRIMESBasically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
GRIMESI don’t have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
GRIMESIt’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.
GRIMESWhen 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.
GRIMESMost of my music videos were made for under $200.
GRIMESUgly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
GRIMESObviously, 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.
GRIMESLately 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.
GRIMESI prefer making videos to making music.
GRIMESFashion can be a really powerful tool, but it’s also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.
GRIMESThe 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.
GRIMESMy 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.
GRIMESIf 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.
GRIMESI 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.
GRIMESIt 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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