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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

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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Jobs Needs People
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
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Good Looks People Times
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing
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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Artist Block 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
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Fashion Grimes Want
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
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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Black Night Window
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
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
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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Anything Desire Intense Way
Especially with music, people want confidence.
GRIMES

Confidence People Want

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