I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
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.
More Grimes Quotes
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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 think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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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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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 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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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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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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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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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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