Especially with music, people want confidence.
GRIMESI 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 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 think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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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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.
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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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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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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