Especially with music, people want confidence.
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 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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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 want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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I don’t have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
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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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My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It’s a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.
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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 love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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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Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it’s also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.
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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 have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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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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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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