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.
GRIMESObviously, 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.
More Grimes Quotes
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I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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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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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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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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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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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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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 prefer making videos to making music.
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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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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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