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.
GRIMESJust because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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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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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