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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.

Grimes

I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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Black Night Window
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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Four Hours Important
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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Important Mean Philosophical
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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Aggressive Bangs Cute Dresses
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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Broken Care Heart
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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Instrument Pads Voice
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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Girl Successful Ugly
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
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
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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Cities Country People Vancouver
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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Bigs Interest Video
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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Facts Need People Reasonable Thinking
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Good Looks People Times
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video

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