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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.”

Grimes

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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Artist Crazy Moving
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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Hate People Shoes
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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Crazy Sound Stars
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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Broken Care Heart
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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Bigs Interest Video
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Fashion Grimes Want
I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Country Obsessed Stuff
From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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Age Creative Unhappy
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want
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.
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Facts Need People Reasonable Thinking
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Good Looks People Times
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
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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Essence Hype Video
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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Fit Runway Size Tired
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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Assuming People Thinking
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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Couple Female Guy
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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Instrument Pads Voice
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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Character Findings Whole
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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Cities Country People Vancouver
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
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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Cameras Freak People
I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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Hard Performing Sick
I prefer making videos to making music.
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Making Music Video
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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Important Mean Philosophical

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