I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
GRIMESI’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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.
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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 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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