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.
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.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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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 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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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 think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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If 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.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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