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" I'm tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things I enjoy somehow make me a lesser person. "

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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 something on it. "

Grimes

Something

Someone

Just

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

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

" My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It's a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district. "

" If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically. "

" I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me. "

Grimes

Shoes

Walk

" I'm actually not a particularly negative person, but I feel like most things are better when they're not actualized. The motivation that comes from wanting something is so much more driving of people than actually getting it. "

" I'm not trained in music. "

Grimes

Trained

Music

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

" I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues. "

" Especially with music, people want confidence. "

" Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers. "

Grimes

Song

Deliver

" I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes cursed. I have to delete it. "

" You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. "

" There are a lot of musicians I've met on Twitter where it was like, 'Hey, I like your music' - and then I ended up meeting them and it turned into a friendship. "

" The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you. "

" I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues. "

" I always wanted to be really experimental. "

" I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general. "

Grimes

Crazy

General

" I want to make an a cappella record to release for free. "

" I'm not good at being, like, a sexy girl. "

" I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act. "

" I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I'm on tour, and it's just hard. "

Grimes

Just

Performing

" I'm tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway. "

Grimes

Tired

Runway

" Usually I perform with dancers. "

Grimes

Perform

Dancers

" From an early age, I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative. "

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

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

" I like creating beauty out of scary things. "

Grimes

Beauty

Creating

" I don't own anything designer. "