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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.

Grimes

I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Country Obsessed Stuff
I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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Black Night Window
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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Issues People Teenagers
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Deliver Shiver Song
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
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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Artist Crazy Moving
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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Broken Care Heart
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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Crazy Moving People
I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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Persons Sentimental
Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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Girl Successful Ugly
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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Hate People Shoes
It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it’s really important for me to not break the groove.
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Four Hours Important
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Good Looks People Times
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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Important Mean Philosophical
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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Aggressive Bangs Cute Dresses
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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Crazy Sound Stars
I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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Hard Performing Sick
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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Essence Hype Video
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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Assuming People Thinking
I 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.
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Couple Female Guy
If I think about what other people are thinking when I’m making music, I just can’t do it. It’s too withheld – I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.
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Facts Need People Reasonable Thinking
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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Fashion Grimes Want

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.

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