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.
GRIMESJust because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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 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 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 love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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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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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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Lately I’ve been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.
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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.
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