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" I love playing live and creating these records that people are so into. "
GRiZ
Live
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" I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound. "
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" I like mixing things up. That makes it more interesting. I love mixing in slower funk with what I do. I'll add drum and bass and put my foot to the gas pedal and press it to the floor. "
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" When you first start photographing a show or being into photography, you might think it's cool to see people with their phones, like, 'It's so novel; everyone cares about this moment so much,' but then it becomes... trite, y'know, and shallow. I think the best moments of my life have been spent without phones. "
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" My parents took a fairly liberal approach at raising me, always encouraging me to be creative and free-thinking. "
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" The most important thing, to me is the intention of where things come from, like, why did you use it? What were the intentions of what you did? And if the intention is good, the intention is pure, then everything will turn out good. "
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" My roots in electronic music go from weird glitch music to now what's seen as pop music. Electronic music is pop music now. "
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" I think it would be super, hella cool to hop into a cab & hear my song on the radio - like, 'Yeah!' - and also be like, 'Who is this Griz guy? He's horrible.' That'd be really cool. "
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" I wanna take a step forward, and I also wanna make sure that step forward is the step that I want and that I'm not being pressured by life. You try and get better at doing something, and a lot of the time, it's because somebody told you that you needed to be better. "
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" I have always been very interested in thinking deeply about things. I do this a lot. "
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" My one experience with Lollapalooza was in 2009 - it was actually the first music festival I've ever been to. "
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" There's no such thing as a bad Miyazaki film. "
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" I love looking out at a sea of people. It's mind-blowing. But I also like playing clubs. "
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" Zelda is the best solo game; Mario Cart is the best group game. "
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