I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
GRIMESBasically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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I don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
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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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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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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’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 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’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 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 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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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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