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.
GRIMESJust because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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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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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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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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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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.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I’m making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.
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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 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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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 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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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 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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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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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