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.
GRIMESI 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.
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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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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.
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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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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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Lately I’ve been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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