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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

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
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Deliver Shiver Song
My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It’s a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.
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Artist Block People
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
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
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
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
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 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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Assuming People Thinking
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music 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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing
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
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
Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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Girl Successful Ugly
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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Important Mean Philosophical
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 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 love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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Persons Sentimental
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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Crazy Moving People
I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Country Obsessed Stuff
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
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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Fit Runway Size Tired
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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Black Night Window
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
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

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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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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