I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
GRIMESI 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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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 think a lot of music that’s really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image. And people assume that it’s a commodified thing, so it can’t be “indie.”
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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 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 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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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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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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 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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