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Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.
Grimes
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Grimes
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: March 17
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Vancouver
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Claire Elise Boucher
Claire Boucher
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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 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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When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don't respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.
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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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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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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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Lately I've been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.
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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 like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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In America there's lot of cool cities, but in Canada there's, like, well, Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax may be cool, but they're so expensive. Montreal is the only city that's affordable but also has buses and culture.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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