The last thing I think about when I'm making music is its reception. Grimes More Quotes by Grimes More Quotes From Grimes I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest. Grimes videointerestbigs 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. Grimes crazypeoplemoving The groove can go for like three days - once I'm in it it will just keep going until I'm totally exhausted. But that's how I like to work, I like to be away from everyone and just get in the zone, and stay there for as long as I can keep it there. Grimes exhaustedthreelong 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. Grimes hoursfourimportant I think the internet is kind of redefining what it is to be a teenager. Because there's a lot of media that's aimed at teenagers that other people are getting into. But, conversely, pornography or stuff that's intended for adults is completely readily available to anyone, like teenagers. Grimes teenagermediathinking It's important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you're a teenager, is bad, per se. Demonizing it is one of the reasons it becomes such an issue. Grimes issuesteenagerpeople I usually like to get people in because I don't have a band or anything. In cities where I have friends, I try to get them to come out and dance for me. Grimes citiestryingpeople 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 gearsplaypeople I don't know if I would ever have costume changes - usually I just end up taking off my shoes, I get so sweaty, and... I just need to be comfortable. Grimes costumesshoesneeds I grew up going to punk shows, that kind of thing - I don't wanna make pop punk! - but I like the idea of people going totally crazy and it being really intimate, loud and super-aggressive, but combining that with pop music. Grimes crazypeopleideas If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically. Grimes focustoo-muchdevelopment I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general. Grimes obsessedstuff I'm a very unhealthy person, and Montreal is very cold, and I'm usually sick when I'm there. Grimes montrealcoldsick When I'm making something I need it to be catchy - I need it to hit the sweet spot. Grimes catchysweetneeds I listen to a lot of medieval music. Grimes medieval I love pop music, but I also love noise music, IDM - anything really, I get something out of most kinds of music. I just need to enjoy the process. Grimes kindnoiseneeds I think you can hear, when you listen to someone's music, whether or not they're enjoying making it - it's so great to hear music where you can tell the person making it was just having a blast. That's really important to me as far as my process goes. That's probably why my music ends up being so poppy! Grimes poppiesimportantthinking When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don't respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be. Grimes crazyartistmoving If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile. Grimes badsmilemoodbad-mood 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 metiredfashionmusic
