197 Quotes by Grimes

I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.

I can’t censor myself; it’s really important for me to say how I feel.

I’m sad that it’s uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.

I have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there’s this huge Japanese population over there.

By the time I’m 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

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.

As a producer, I’m trying to challenge myself to just make something that is of a professional quality – not necessarily pop music, but maybe in the sense that Nine Inch Nails is professional quality.

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.”

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.