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.
GRIMESLately 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.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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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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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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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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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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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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