I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
GRIMESI like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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 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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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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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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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 Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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 love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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