I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
GRIMESI prefer making videos to making music.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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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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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.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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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My 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.
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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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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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 like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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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