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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.

Grimes

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
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
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
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Deliver Shiver Song
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Fashion Grimes Want
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
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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Jobs Needs People
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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
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
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
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 have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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Anything Desire Intense Way
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
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 believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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Believe Humans Mind
I prefer making videos to making music.
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Making Music Video
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
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 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
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want
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
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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Country Obsessed Stuff
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
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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Issues People Teenagers
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

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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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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