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.
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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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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 believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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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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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 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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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 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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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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 like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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