I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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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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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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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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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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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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 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 get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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I approach music – and this sounds crazy – as though I’m Phil Spector, and I’m cranking out these pop stars and forcing them to do all this stuff – except they’re all me. But I’m not, like, transgendered.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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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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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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