I feel like gender lines are changing. A couple of years ago, it wasn’t nearly as OK for guys to like girly-sounding music. But all of a sudden a lot of my guys friends who would like have been really disdainful of female singers are way more accepting.
GRIMESI 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.
More Grimes Quotes
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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 get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
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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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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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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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 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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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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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 don’t have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
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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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