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.
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.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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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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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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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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