I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
GRIMESObviously, 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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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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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 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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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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I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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.
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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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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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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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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