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.
GRIMESUgly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes 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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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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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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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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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 think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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