Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
GRIMESIt’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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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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I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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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I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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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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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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