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" You want people to hate you. If you're just making people happy, you're like Mumford & Sons. "
Grimes
People
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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. "
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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 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. "
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" I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show! "
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