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If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.
Grimes
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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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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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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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The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.
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I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.
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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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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.
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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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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 have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there's this huge Japanese population over there.
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I approach music - and this sounds crazy - as though I'm Phil Spector, and I'm cranking out these pop stars and forcing them to do all this stuff - except they're all me. But I'm not, like, transgendered.
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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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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 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 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 don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.
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I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.
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By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.
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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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