There’s definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did. – Grimes
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
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
The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you. – Grimes
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
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
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
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
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
If you tell someone you’re doing something innovative, they’ll think you’re doing something innovative. – Grimes
When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do. – Grimes
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
I don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me. – Grimes
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
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
