I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
GRIMESIf 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 performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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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Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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