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Grimes

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 17, 1988

I'm not trained in music.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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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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.

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Especially with music, people want confidence.

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

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

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

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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.

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I'm a very nervous, shy person.

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

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I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues.

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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.

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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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