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.
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.
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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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I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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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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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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.”
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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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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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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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