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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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing
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
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 prefer making videos to making music.
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Making Music Video
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
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
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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Issues People Teenagers
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
Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn’t want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
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Aggressive Bangs Cute Dresses
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
I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Country Obsessed Stuff
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I’m making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.
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Character Findings Whole
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted

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