My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite. — Grimes Copy Share Image
I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me. — Grimes Copy Share Image
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. Vocals can be so many… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I think the internet is kind of redefining what it is to be a teenager. Because there's a lot of media that's… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see. — Grimes Copy Share Image
I grew up going to punk shows, that kind of thing - I don't wanna make pop punk! - but I like… — Grimes Copy Share Image
When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden… — Grimes Copy Share Image
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time. — Grimes Copy Share Image
If I think about what other people are thinking when I'm making music, I just can't do it. It's too withheld -… — Grimes Copy Share Image
It's really hard to be on stage and packing your gear when people who just saw you play are in the room,… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I have a really weird relationship with myself where I'll say, "Do it, do it!" and then, "I don't want to do… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I usually like to get people in because I don't have a band or anything. In cities where I have friends, I… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons I'm successful as a musician is that the first like 30 shows I played, I played… — Grimes Copy Share Image
My great fear is that I'm the ultimate shallow person. I think about this kind of thing a lot, and about this… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I cry really easily. If I see a butterfly, I'll practically burst into tears. So it's really hard for me to yell… — Grimes Copy Share Image
Lately I've been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that.… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I don't have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I went through my adolescence having this revelatory experience - I can have any music I want, and I can get it… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making art unless I'm totally freaked out and worried people are going to hate it. — Grimes Copy Share Image
It's important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you're a… — Grimes Copy Share Image
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… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I think a lot of music that's really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a… — Grimes Copy Share Image
You want people to hate you. If you're just making people happy, you're like Mumford & Sons. — Grimes Copy Share Image
I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an action movie:… — Grimes Copy Share Image
My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite. — Grimes Copy Share Image
I grew up with four brothers, and in the back of my head I feel pretty masculine. It's always funny when I hear recordings… — Grimes Copy Share Image
I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me. — Grimes Copy Share Image
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. Vocals can be so many things, like,… — Grimes Copy Share Image
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.… — Grimes Copy Share Image
When I'm making something I need it to be catchy - I need it to hit the sweet spot. — Grimes Copy Share Image
I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do. — Grimes Copy Share Image
From an early age, I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative. — Grimes Copy Share Image