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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

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
GRIMES

Important Mean Philosophical
Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it’s also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.
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Fashion Powerful Taken
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
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.
GRIMES

Jobs Needs People
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
If I think about what other people are thinking when I’m making music, I just can’t do it. It’s too withheld – I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.
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Facts Need People Reasonable Thinking
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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Bigs Interest Video
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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Four Hours Important
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Deliver Shiver Song
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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Hate People Shoes
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 like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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Hard Performing Sick
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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Anything Desire Intense Way
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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Instrument Pads Voice
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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Girl Successful Ugly

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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