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I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.

Grimes

I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
GRIMES

Fashion Grimes Want
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.
GRIMES

Essence Hype Video
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.
GRIMES

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

Important Mean Philosophical
My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It’s a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.
GRIMES

Artist Block People
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
GRIMES

Dark Winter Writing
I prefer making videos to making music.
GRIMES

Making Music Video
I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
GRIMES

Hard Performing Sick
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
GRIMES

Instrument Pads Voice
Especially with music, people want confidence.
GRIMES

Confidence People Want
I always wanted to be really experimental.
GRIMES

Experimental Really Wanted
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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
GRIMES

Country Obsessed Stuff
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
GRIMES

Good Looks People Times
I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
GRIMES

Fit Runway Size Tired
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
GRIMES

Basically Consistency Impressionable

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