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.
GRIMESI like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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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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 only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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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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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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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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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 going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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