I prefer making videos to making music.
GRIMESJust because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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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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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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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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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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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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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