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.
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.
GRIMESI just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
GRIMESI want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
GRIMESI 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.
GRIMESI’m tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
GRIMESI prefer making videos to making music.
GRIMESI 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.”
GRIMESI 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.
GRIMESI definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
GRIMESI 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.
GRIMESMost of my music videos were made for under $200.
GRIMESI always wanted to be really experimental.
GRIMESI don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
GRIMESI get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
GRIMESWhen 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.
GRIMESUgly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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