I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
GRIMESFrom an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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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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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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In America there’s lot of cool cities, but in Canada there’s, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they’re so expensive. Montreal is the only city that’s affordable but also has buses and culture.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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