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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. "

Grimes

Rock

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Grimes

Possible

Every

" 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. "

" 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 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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" I'm a super-introverted person. "

Grimes

Person

" 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. "

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

Grimes

Just

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" I listen to a lot of medieval 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 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. "

" My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna. "

" I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel. "

Grimes

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Important

" 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. "

Grimes

Caring

Tired

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

Grimes

Tired

Runway

" I feel like vocals are to music what portraits are to painting. They're the humanity. Landscapes are good and fine, but at the end of the day everyone loves the Mona Lisa. "