Grimes

Music is a religion to me and my friends.

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I listen to a lot of medieval music.

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I'm a super-introverted person.

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My image seems to be so infantilized, and I don't really know why. It belittles the music.

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I like to aestheticize every possible thing that can be aestheticized.

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

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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 think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues.

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

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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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When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do.

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I think my music's kind of cold, but I don't know if it's related to the weather. It might be because it's…

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I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes…

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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 not interested in making art unless I'm totally freaked out and worried people are going to hate it.

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Even though I really admire what Beyonce does, and she's probably got one of the best live shows in the world -…

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When I'm making a song that's very Grimes, it just feels very insular and it feels weird to have someone else do…

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I feel like gender lines are changing. A couple of years ago, it wasn't nearly as OK for guys to like girly-sounding…

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You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music…

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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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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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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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As a producer, I'm trying to challenge myself to just make something that is of a professional quality - not necessarily pop…

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I cry really easily. If I see a butterfly, I'll practically burst into tears. So it's really hard for me to yell…

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

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

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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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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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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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