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 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 beer weather thinking I don't own anything designer. Grimes designer If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately. Grimes american-idol ifs idols 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 findings whole character 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-person people thinking 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 space noise mean The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time. Grimes good-times people looks 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 crazy girl fun 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 pops girl kind I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans. Grimes jeans wells 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 masculine brother 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 tired hate song 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 choir my-favorite people 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 assuming people thinking I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything. Grimes pads instruments voice 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 crazy stars sound 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 links missing thinking I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see. Grimes cameras perception people I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal. Grimes montreal jobs thinking
