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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.

Grimes

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.
GRIMES

Jobs Needs People
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.
GRIMES

Character Findings Whole
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.
GRIMES

Essence Hype Video
When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don’t respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.
GRIMES

Artist Crazy Moving
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
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.”
GRIMES

Assuming People Thinking
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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Aggressive Bangs Cute Dresses
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
GRIMES

Dark Winter Writing
I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
GRIMES

Fit Runway Size Tired
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.
GRIMES

Four Hours Important
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.
GRIMES

Cities Country People Vancouver
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.
GRIMES

Artist Block People
From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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Age Creative Unhappy
I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
GRIMES

Persons Sentimental
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want
I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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Hard Performing Sick

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