I always wanted to be really experimental.
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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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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 only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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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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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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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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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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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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