It's interesting to be a front person who is controlling the majority of the sound. Grimes More Quotes by Grimes More Quotes From Grimes One thing with Montreal is it's so cold and everyone's so poor and beer's so cheap: if you go to a show you have to brave the weather to get there. So you show up and everyone's soaking wet - there's a sense of 'I trekked through three feet of snow to get here!' I think there's a kind of camaraderie that arises out of that, that's important to me as well. Grimes beerweatherthinking I don't own anything designer. Grimes designer If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately. Grimes american-idolifsidols I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I'm making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do. Grimes findingswholecharacter My great fear is that I'm the ultimate shallow person. I think about this kind of thing a lot, and about this phenomenon in our culture where people identify themselves with their interests. I've been trying not to think about it too much. It used to really upset me when people called me "witch house." Grimes shallow-personpeoplethinking 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. Grimes spacenoisemean The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time. Grimes good-timespeoplelooks 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 crazygirlfun I prefer making videos to making music. Grimes video 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 popsgirlkind I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans. Grimes jeanswells 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. Grimes masculinebrother I have a really weird relationship with myself where I'll say, "Do it, do it!" and then, "I don't want to do it anymore, I hate photo shoots, I'm so tired of this!" Or, "I wrote a song, and you're gonna sing it!" then, "I can't hit the note." I want to be a behind-the-scenes producer. I really hate being in front of people. But I'm also obsessed with becoming a pop star. Grimes tiredhatesong I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. Vocals can be so many things, like, "Hey, I'm Michael Jackson, and this is my iconic voice," or a choir of people sounding like Mozart's Requiem. Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical. Grimes choirmy-favoritepeople I think a lot of music that's really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image. And people assume that it's a commodified thing, so it can't be "indie." Grimes assumingpeoplethinking I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. Grimes padsinstrumentsvoice 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. Grimes crazystarssound 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 linksmissingthinking I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see. Grimes camerasperceptionpeople I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal. Grimes montrealjobsthinking
