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.
GRIMESUgly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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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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 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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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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I 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.”
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If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there’s always a narrative that is very nonlinear – and that’s the essence of a good music video.
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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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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff 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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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