Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn’t want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
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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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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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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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I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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 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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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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