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" There is so much energy when you work with other people. I'm working with friends and having a blast. "
GRiZ
People
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" I think we're finally in a culture now where being gay is normalized. "
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Culture
" Most of the people that work for me are my friends, and I'd like to keep it that way. "
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Work
Friends
Like
" I loved playing the saxophone. "
GRiZ
Loved Playing
Saxophone
Loved
" Everyone wants to grow, but I'm not trying to reinvent myself anytime soon. "
GRiZ
Trying
Myself
Everyone
" 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. "
GRiZ
Good
Me
Why
" 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. "
GRiZ
Like
Up
More
" I haven't written my favorite song yet, and I hope I never do. "
GRiZ
Hope
Favorite
Written
" I was surprised how supportive my family and friends were in my coming out, and it gave and still gives me hope. "
GRiZ
Hope
Coming
Out
" My roots in electronic music go from weird glitch music to now what's seen as pop music. Electronic music is pop music now. "
GRiZ
Roots
Seen
Go
" I'm obsessed with the sound of today, but I was raised on the Motown sound. "
GRiZ
I Was Raised
Today
Obsessed
" I never really had the chance to play the kind of music I wanted to play. It was always just classical. It had its limits. I play piano now and again in the new forms of music that I actually want to play, but at the time, it was something that I just kind of moved past. "
GRiZ
Music
Time
Play
" 'Say It Loud' came from many, many small battles. From, 'I hate myself, and I hate this,' to, 'I love this, and it's my favorite thing...' to, 'This is the best thing in existence.' "
GRiZ
Small
Myself
Love
" Stay in school and band, kids! It had its nerdy moments, and I always felt like I wanted to do something more with it. "
GRiZ
School
Always
Moments
" Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired or overly excited. "
GRiZ
Sit
Day
Tired
" 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. "
GRiZ
Life
Think
Moment
" I have always been very interested in thinking deeply about things. I do this a lot. "
GRiZ
Thinking
Things
Lot
" I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself. "
GRiZ
Like
Music
Myself
" No matter what happens with EDM, I would like to go to New Orleans and just play with one of those small funk bands in an intimate venue. How cool would it be to work with a band with those huge horn lines and produce all of that great funk that makes you just want to party? "
GRiZ
You
Cool
Great
" My one experience with Lollapalooza was in 2009 - it was actually the first music festival I've ever been to. "
GRiZ
Been
First
Festival
" I don't need more money. I don't need that to be happy. "
GRiZ
Be Happy
Need
Money
" 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. "
GRiZ
Horrible
Cool
Like
" Fear comes from personal self-acceptance and not the self. "
GRiZ
Personal
Self
Fear
" For 'The Anthem,' a lot of my fans were like 'Oh, man, he's getting lazy making just, like, a pop format tune that everyone's doing these days.' But on this album, I wanted to write songs with vocals that would get stuck in my head, not just movements of instrumentals. "
GRiZ
Head
Doing
Man
" My brother has been, and will always be, my closest friend. "
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Been
Will
Friend
" We just love Denver. The love and support from people here is amazing. "
GRiZ
People
Amazing
Here
" You need to be able to communicate your feelings. We need to be able to do that to feel empowered. "
GRiZ
Feel
Your
You
" My whole thing, to keep myself interested - and, you know, I'm a huge hip-hop head - I have tons and tons of a cappellas. So I do these live remix mash-ups with my tracks and just throw them in there. "
GRiZ
Live
Know
You
" There's no such thing as a bad Miyazaki film. "
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Thing
Film
Bad
" I love playing live and creating these records that people are so into. "
GRiZ
Live
Creating
Playing
" I love hip-hop, and I like the beats the most. "
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Love
Most
I Love