Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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 like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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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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 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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I prefer making videos to making music.
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I 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.
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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 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 have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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.
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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 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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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