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I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see.

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Grimes
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: March 17
Blogger
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Claire Elise Boucher
Claire Boucher
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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 prefer making videos to making music.
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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 don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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I like creating beauty out of scary things.
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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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I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.
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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'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.
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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 listen to a lot of medieval music.
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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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