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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.

Grimes

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
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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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Instrument Pads Voice
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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Fashion Powerful Taken
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
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
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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Facts Need People Reasonable Thinking
From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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Age Creative Unhappy
I prefer making videos to making music.
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Making Music Video
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
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.
GRIMES

Four Hours Important
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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Aggressive Bangs Cute Dresses
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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing

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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