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.
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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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I feel like gender lines are changing. A couple of years ago, it wasn’t nearly as OK for guys to like girly-sounding music. But all of a sudden a lot of my guys friends who would like have been really disdainful of female singers are way more accepting.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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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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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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