I always wanted to be really experimental.
GRIMESFashion 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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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 just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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I approach music – and this sounds crazy – as though I’m Phil Spector, and I’m cranking out these pop stars and forcing them to do all this stuff – except they’re all me. But I’m not, like, transgendered.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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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 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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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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In America there’s lot of cool cities, but in Canada there’s, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they’re so expensive. Montreal is the only city that’s affordable but also has buses and culture.
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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there’s always a narrative that is very nonlinear – and that’s the essence of a good music video.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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