In America there’s lot of cool cities, but in Canada there’s, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they’re so expensive. Montreal is the only city that’s affordable but also has buses and culture.
GRIMESSometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
More Grimes Quotes
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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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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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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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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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes 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 have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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I 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.
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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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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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I don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
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