I prefer making videos to making music.
GRIMESBasically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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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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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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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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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It’s important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you’re a teenager, is bad, per se. Demonizing it is one of the reasons it becomes such an issue.
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