I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
GRIMESI always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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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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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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 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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
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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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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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