Grimes Quotes

If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.

- Grimes

Idol, Would, Definitely, Kicked

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.

- Grimes

Everyone, Like, Landscapes, Portraits

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.

- Grimes

Affordable, May, Cities, Vancouver

I have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there's this huge Japanese population over there.

- Grimes

Over, Japanese, Lot, Vancouver

I'm a very unhealthy person, and Montreal is very cold, and I'm usually sick when I'm there.

- Grimes

Person, Montreal, Very, Unhealthy

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

- Grimes

Bad, Mood, Stage, Bad Mood

My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It's a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.

- Grimes

Seven, Artists, Almost, Block

I'm tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.

- Grimes

Tired, More, Runway, Sample

You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet.

- Grimes

Influenced, Anymore, Been, Pan

When I'm making a song that's very Grimes, it just feels very insular and it feels weird to have someone else do something on it.

- Grimes

Song, Very, Feels, Insular

I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn't necessarily be the person who makes it.

- Grimes

Love, Very, Lot, Sentimental

There used to be a lot of industry in Montreal, and now there's not, so it's really easy to get huge, empty spaces where you can practice and make music or make art for very, very cheap.

- Grimes

Art, Practice, Very, Spaces

Removing all stimulation around you is a really positive thing in terms of stimulating your creativity.

- Grimes

Positive, Around, Your, Positive Thing

I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.

- Grimes

High, Extremely, Incredibly, Unpopular

I've always been such a nerd.

- Grimes

Always, Been, Nerd

I can tell really early on in a painting if I'm going to toss it or not.

- Grimes

Painting, Tell, Going, Toss

I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues.

- Grimes

Think, Guilt, I Think, Latent

I'm tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things I enjoy somehow make me a lesser person.

- Grimes

Enjoy, About, Considered, Lesser

There are a lot of musicians I've met on Twitter where it was like, 'Hey, I like your music' - and then I ended up meeting them and it turned into a friendship.

- Grimes

Friendship, Like, Turned, Hey

Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it's also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.

- Grimes

Your, Also, Really, Humiliated

My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.

- Grimes

Hits, Cranking, Would, Sitting

It's interesting to be a front person who is controlling the majority of the sound.

- Grimes

Interesting, Sound, Person, Controlling

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

- Grimes

Now, Shows, Behave, Worship

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

- Grimes

Desire, Feel, About, Intense Desire

It's really hard to be on stage and packing your gear when people who just saw you play are in the room, because they all just want to talk to you.

- Grimes

Play, Want, Saw, Packing

I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it's the only thing that I can really know, I guess.

- Grimes

Mind, The Only Thing, Very, Human Mind

I'm not interested in making art unless I'm totally freaked out and worried people are going to hate it.

- Grimes

Art, Making, Freaked, Worried

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.

- Grimes

Myself, Important, How, Censor

I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.

- Grimes

Environmental, Offensive, Human Rights

My set can get really screamo and aggressive, or it can be ambient and Enya-esque.

- Grimes

Get, Set, Ambient, Aggressive

I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!

- Grimes

Loss, Permanent, Suffered, Hearing

If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically.

- Grimes

Development, Detriment, Angle

You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene.

- Grimes

Think, Music Scene, Sings, Produces

From an early age, I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.

- Grimes

Doing, Something, Knew, Early Age

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.

- Grimes

Young, Like, Young Girl, Pop Music

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.

- Grimes

Nails, Maybe, Nine, Pop Music

The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast.

- Grimes

Natural, Very, Curve, Natural Thing

The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time.

- Grimes

People, Like, Having, Good Time

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.

- Grimes

Pink, Palm, Very, Covered

I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.

- Grimes

Heels, Making, Wear, Noise

I've always been very intense about everything I do.

- Grimes

Always, Been, Very, Intense

The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.

- Grimes

Audience, About, Your, Dictates

I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.

- Grimes

Art, Like, General, Going Crazy

I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow.

- Grimes

Work, Need, Hours, Glow

I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes cursed. I have to delete it.

- Grimes

Like, Cursed, Almost, File

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

- Grimes

Living, Morals, Want, Compromise

I listen to a lot of medieval music.

- Grimes

Music, Listen, Lot, Medieval

I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I'm on tour, and it's just hard.

- Grimes

Sick, Like, Performing, Tour

Basically, I'm really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.

- Grimes

Sense, No Sense, Basically, Consistency

By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

- Grimes

Myself, Going, By The Time, Nuclear

There's definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did.

- Grimes

I Wish, Solitary, Having, Band

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

- Grimes

Think, Montreal, Anyone, Steady

I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.

- Grimes

Wearing, Unless, Perform, Jeans

I went through my adolescence having this revelatory experience - I can have any music I want, and I can get it immediately. For me and for a lot of people I know, there's this musical eclecticism that happened.

- Grimes

Through, Having, Musical, Happened

I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.

- Grimes

Want, Act, Make, Sci-Fi

I truly love 'Gangnam Style.' I guess it's a meme. I feel like it's one of the few times where the meme and the quality combines nicely.

- Grimes

Love, Meme, Nicely, Few

My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite.

- Grimes

Always, Other, Least, Likes

I'm against spending money to record.

- Grimes

Money, Against, Spending, Spending Money

When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do.

- Grimes

Making, Started, Could, Psychedelic

I want to make an a cappella record to release for free.

- Grimes

Want, Release, Record, Cappella

If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.

- Grimes

Doing, Think, Someone, Innovative

I'm actually not a particularly negative person, but I feel like most things are better when they're not actualized. The motivation that comes from wanting something is so much more driving of people than actually getting it.

- Grimes

Motivation, Feel, Wanting, Driving

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

- Grimes

Big, Production, Offers, No Interest

You want people to hate you. If you're just making people happy, you're like Mumford & Sons.

- Grimes

Want, Making, Like, Sons

Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.

- Grimes

Success, Song, Me, Deliver

I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.

- Grimes

Obsessed, General, Very, Japanese

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

- Grimes

Beauty, Creating, Like, Scary

I don't own anything designer.

- Grimes

Own, Anything, Designer

I think if you're good at art, you'll be good at most types of art.

- Grimes

Art, Think, Most, Types

Usually I perform with dancers.

- Grimes

Perform, Dancers

It's obviously funny to be a meme, so I could be down with it in that regard, but it also belittles one's art.

- Grimes

Art, Meme, Could, Regard

I'm a very nervous, shy person.

- Grimes

Shy, Person, Very, Nervous

I always wanted to be really experimental.

- Grimes

Always, Wanted, Really, Experimental

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

- Grimes

Learn, Natural, Like, Performer

Especially with music, people want confidence.

- Grimes

Music, People, Want, Confidence

Most of my music videos were made for under $200.

- Grimes

Music, Most, Were, Videos

My image seems to be so infantilized, and I don't really know why. It belittles the music.

- Grimes

Music, Know, Why, Image

The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.

- Grimes

Too Much, Bad, Like, Anxiety

I think my sound is post-Internet.

- Grimes

Think, I Think, Sound

I'm not trained in music.

- Grimes

Music, Trained

I'm not good at being, like, a sexy girl.

- Grimes

Girl, Like, Being, Sexy

I like to aestheticize every possible thing that can be aestheticized.

- Grimes

Possible, Like, Every, Possible Thing

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