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.
GRIMESI 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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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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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 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 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 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’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
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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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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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Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn’t want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
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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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