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I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.

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Grimes
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: March 17
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Claire Elise Boucher
Claire Boucher
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It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it's really important for me to not break the groove.
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I think one of the reasons I'm successful as a musician is that the first like 30 shows I played, I played with no monitors standing in front of guitar amps in a shitty, smoky warehouse where people were screaming and wasted, knocking over my gear. So shows after that seem pretty easy!
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I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
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I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.
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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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Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn't want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
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I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
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I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.
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I don't own anything designer.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.
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If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically.
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I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.
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I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an action movie: There's this crazy omnipresent guy who can destroy you at any moment.
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I want to say my life inspires my lyrics, but I also try to abstract them as much as possible because I don't want to refer to my life explicitly. I'm definitely really embarrassed by my lyrics.
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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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I usually like to get people in because I don't have a band or anything. In cities where I have friends, I try to get them to come out and dance for me.
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I like creating beauty out of scary things.
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