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" Most of my music videos were made for under $200. "
Grimes
Music Videos
Made
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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 from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet. "
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" I have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there's this huge Japanese population over there. "
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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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" There's definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did. "
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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 cursed. I have to delete it. "
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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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" My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite. "
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" I'm a super-introverted person. "
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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 of it being someone else, that girl is also me. "
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Young
Music
" 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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People
" 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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Work
Need
Alone
" I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans. "
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Jeans
Well
Wearing
" There used to be a lot of industry in Montreal, and now there's not, so it's really easy to get huge, empty spaces where you can practice and make music or make art for very, very cheap. "
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You
Art
Easy
" If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately. "
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Idol
American
Would
" I'm not good at being, like, a sexy girl. "
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Being
Girl
Sexy
" By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself. "
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Time
Enjoy
Myself
" 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. "
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Meeting
Music
Friendship
" If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative. "
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Doing
Someone
" It's really hard to be on stage and packing your gear when people who just saw you play are in the room, because they all just want to talk to you. "
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Talk
Play
You
" Usually I perform with dancers. "
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Perform
Dancers
" 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 everywhere. But then there are also all these people in crazy sunglasses, warehouses with sick parties where all the girls are covered in spikes and black leather. It's a very weird place. "
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