I don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
GRIMESI don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
GRIMESI always wanted to be really experimental.
GRIMESI 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.”
GRIMESI want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
GRIMESSometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
GRIMESI have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
GRIMESI write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
GRIMESI 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.
GRIMESIf 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.
GRIMESMy 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.
GRIMESSuccess, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
GRIMESI like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
GRIMESI 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 don’t have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
GRIMESI like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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