I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
GRIMESIf 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 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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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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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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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