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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.

Grimes

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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Four Hours Important
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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Crazy Sound Stars
I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
GRIMES

Bigs Interest Video
I’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
GRIMES

Fit Runway Size Tired
Especially with music, people want confidence.
GRIMES

Confidence People Want
Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
GRIMES

Cameras Freak 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
I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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Hard Performing Sick
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
GRIMES

Made Most Music Video
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.
GRIMES

Artist Crazy Moving
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
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.”
GRIMES

Assuming People Thinking
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
GRIMES

Deliver Shiver Song
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.
GRIMES

Character Findings Whole
I prefer making videos to making music.
GRIMES

Making Music Video

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