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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.

Grimes

Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Country Obsessed Stuff
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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Aggressive Bangs Cute Dresses
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Fashion Grimes Want
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
GRIMES

Anything Desire Intense Way
Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
GRIMES

Cameras Freak People
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
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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Fashion Powerful Taken
My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It’s a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.
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Artist Block People
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
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
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 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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Jobs Needs People
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Deliver Shiver Song

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