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.
GRIMESFrom an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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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 like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 feel like gender lines are changing. A couple of years ago, it wasn’t nearly as OK for guys to like girly-sounding music. But all of a sudden a lot of my guys friends who would like have been really disdainful of female singers are way more accepting.
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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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