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.
GRIMESMost of my music videos were made for under $200.
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I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Fashion 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.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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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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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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