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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.

Grimes

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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Essence Hype Video
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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Cameras Freak People
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Fashion Grimes Want
It’s important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you’re a teenager, is bad, per se. Demonizing it is one of the reasons it becomes such an issue.
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Issues People Teenagers
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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Hate People Shoes
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
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
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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Cities Country People Vancouver
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
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.
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Character Findings Whole
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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Broken Care Heart
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.
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Artist Crazy Moving
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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Instrument Pads Voice
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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Bigs Interest Video
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going

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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