I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
GRIMESI’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
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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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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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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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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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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I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it’s also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.
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