I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
GRIMESThe most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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 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 get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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 prefer making videos to making music.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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