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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.

Grimes

I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
GRIMES

Fashion Grimes Want
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
GRIMES

Music Stuck Thinking
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
GRIMES

Made Most Music Video
I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
GRIMES

Persons Sentimental
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.
GRIMES

Jobs Needs People
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.
GRIMES

Artist Block People
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.
GRIMES

Character Findings Whole
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.
GRIMES

Fashion Powerful Taken
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
GRIMES

Good Looks People Times
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
GRIMES

Broken Care Heart
Especially with music, people want confidence.
GRIMES

Confidence People Want
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
GRIMES

Crazy General Going
I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
GRIMES

Fit Runway Size Tired
I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
GRIMES

Bigs Interest Video
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
GRIMES

Anything Desire Intense Way
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.”
GRIMES

Assuming People Thinking

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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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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