The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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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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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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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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 only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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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 have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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 like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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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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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 write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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