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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.

Grimes

The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Good Looks People Times
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
I prefer making videos to making music.
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Making Music Video
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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Important Mean Philosophical
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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Issues People Teenagers
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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Essence Hype Video
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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Character Findings Whole
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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Black Night Window
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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Jobs Needs People
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Fashion Grimes Want
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Deliver Shiver Song
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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Crazy Moving People
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing

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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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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