My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It's a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.
My set can get really screamo and aggressive, or it can be ambient and Enya-esque.
When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do.
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.
I want to make an a cappella record to release for free.
I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues.
My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.
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.
If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically.
I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it's the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.
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.
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.
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.
I truly love 'Gangnam Style.' I guess it's a meme. I feel like it's one of the few times where the meme and the quality combines nicely.
It's obviously funny to be a meme, so I could be down with it in that regard, but it also belittles one's art.
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.
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 was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.
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.
