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.
GRIMESFrom an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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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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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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 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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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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 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’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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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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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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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