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.
GRIMESI have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
More Grimes Quotes
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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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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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’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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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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 prefer making videos to making music.
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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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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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