I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
GRIMESI only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
More Grimes Quotes
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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 like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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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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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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