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I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.
Grimes
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Grimes
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: March 17
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Claire Elise Boucher
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The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.
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I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.
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I think a lot of music that's really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image. And people assume that it's a commodified thing, so it can't be indie.
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Ugly girls generally don't become successful in music. And it sucks because it's a standard that just exists.
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I can tell really early on in a painting if I'm going to toss it or not.
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As a producer, I'm trying to challenge myself to just make something that is of a professional quality - not necessarily pop music, but maybe in the sense that Nine Inch Nails is professional quality.
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I grew up with four brothers, and in the back of my head I feel pretty masculine. It's always funny when I hear recordings of my voice, because it's so deep when I hear it in my head.
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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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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 don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.
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I would never go to a studio. I need my space, you know what I mean? I need to be able to chain smoke and pace about, cry and like... spit. Just make noise, make a huge mess. I also feel like if I was concerned for the cost of the studio - like, 'this is costing 40 dollars an hour' - I wouldn't be able to work.
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I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.
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Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.
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My great fear is that I'm the ultimate shallow person. I think about this kind of thing a lot, and about this phenomenon in our culture where people identify themselves with their interests. I've been trying not to think about it too much. It used to really upset me when people called me witch house.
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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.
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Usually when I make music, in my head I'm like 'this isn't Grimes, this is just some other project that you can release later, so there's no pressure and it doesn't matter and no-one's ever gonna hear it'.
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