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.
GRIMESBasically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
More Grimes Quotes
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Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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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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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 love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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 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 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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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