I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
GRIMESI have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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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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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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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 always wanted to be really experimental.
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