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.
GRIMESBasically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it’s really important for me to not break the groove.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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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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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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 love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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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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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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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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’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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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