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.
GRIMESSometimes 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 get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
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I approach music – and this sounds crazy – as though I’m Phil Spector, and I’m cranking out these pop stars and forcing them to do all this stuff – except they’re all me. But I’m not, like, transgendered.
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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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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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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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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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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