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.
GRIMESI only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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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 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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When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don’t respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.
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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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 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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I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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