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.
GRIMESBasically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
More Grimes Quotes
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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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 even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
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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 have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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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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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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