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.
GRIMESBasically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
More Grimes Quotes
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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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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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 like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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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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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 think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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 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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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