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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
British Columbia
Claire Elise Boucher
Claire Boucher
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I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see.
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I listen to a lot of medieval music.
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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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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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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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I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I'm on tour, and it's just hard.
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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 like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.
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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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 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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.
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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 I think about what other people are thinking when I'm making music, I just can't do it. It's too withheld - I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.
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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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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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I don't own anything designer.
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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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