Grimes

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

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I've always been such a nerd.

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Especially with music, people want confidence.

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I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff 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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When I'm making something I need it to be catchy - I need it to hit the sweet spot.

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I've always been very intense about everything I do.

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It's interesting to be a front person who is controlling the majority of the sound.

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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it's dark.

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The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.

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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we're stuck inside all the time.

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It's kind of like I'm Phil Spector, and I'm forcing a young girl to make pop music and perform exhaustively. Except, instead…

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I love pop music, but I also love noise music, IDM - anything really, I get something out of most kinds of…

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I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow.

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It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it's really important for me to…

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I grew up with four brothers, and in the back of my head I feel pretty masculine. It's always funny when I…

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If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

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The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once 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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One thing with Montreal is it's so cold and everyone's so poor and beer's so cheap: if you go to a show…

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I'm so sick of my own music that I don't know if I can edit another video, which involves hundreds of hours…

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I grew up going to punk shows, that kind of thing - I don't wanna make pop punk! - but I like…

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If I'll be sexualized, it wouldn't be because I was wearing sexy clothes, because I look like a baby. But music is…

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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…

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Miami is just really fun whenever I go there. It's like this post-apocalyptic Barbie world: everything is pink, and there're palm trees…

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I have a really weird relationship with myself where I'll say, "Do it, do it!" and then, "I don't want to do…

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The groove can go for like three days - once I'm in it it will just keep going until I'm totally exhausted.…

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I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see.

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You want people to hate you. If you're just making people happy, you're like Mumford & Sons.

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I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

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I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues.

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I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!

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Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.

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My set can get really screamo and aggressive, or it can be ambient and Enya-esque.

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I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

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I can tell really early on in a painting if I'm going to toss it or not.

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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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By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

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If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.

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I think if you're good at art, you'll be good at most types of art.

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