Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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.
More Grimes Quotes
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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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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