Grimes Quotes

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.

I always wanted to be really experimental.

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.

The last thing I think about when I'm making music is its reception.

When I'm making something I need it to be catchy - I need it to hit the sweet spot.

I'm tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.

We all have banker problems. We all have issues.

Meeting the people. I love it. Just talking with people and sharing part of their lives for just a few moments ... I get love and appreciation and I hope I give them the same.

Anything that I do is something that I'm passionate about and really believe in, no matter how it turns out.

I'm not really a fan of organized religion.

I think it's important how you spend your time. I try to make sure that I'm growing.

Obviously, in my twenties, a lot of downtime was spent having a good time, which I don't regret; that was what I needed to do to get some things out of my system.

You have a lot of stages as an actor.

I don't want to be that guy on some set he doesn't want to be on. It just bums everybody out.

I've never done theater professionally. But I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, so I did some theater there.

Talking's just a nervous habit.

Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.

writers just kept on staring at nothing until they wrote something. Might be two minutes or two weeks.

I cleared my throat - it isn't frogs you get in your throat; it's memories.

I think you make impacts by taking risks.

I'm very lucky with my metabolism.

I'm a sucker for fries. It's definitely one of my biggest vices. My biggest savory vice for sure.

I don't like L.A. I've always said that, and people hate on me for it. I don't really like the city.

Since I have that edgy, rocker-tomboy kind of vibe, it can be very difficult to translate my style for the red carpet.

I go to the gym in the morning without any makeup on. Sorry, guys, if you think I'm ugly, but I don't know anybody who goes to the gym with makeup on.

You should be comfortable eating by yourself or in public.

Singing is definitely not my forte. I'll put that out there on the record.

It's really hard as a Canadian actor to make a footprint in the States, because of the visa stuff.

It's mean to make fun of anybody for the way they look.

It took me a while to accept that I'm not going to have the curves other girls get.

I've weighed 100 lbs. soaking wet since puberty.

I've always been the girl the kids in school would be like, 'What is she wearing?' Then eventually some trends would stick.

I would love to do films - ones that get seen.

I really can't help what someone thinks of me because they are reading a paper and choosing to believe it.

I love older lady style. They dress for themselves everyday.

I don't define myself as an actor at all. Nor is that my greatest passion in life by any stretch of the imagination.

The original 'Scream' is one of those classic things, but it totally pokes fun at itself too. It's never taking itself too seriously, which is why I think it's such a cult classic.

Son, don't mind what's missing. Count allthat's free: friendship, laughter, all thelove your heart can carry, and time -- count time.

Round still, but that's fine.Feeling good outside and in.Maybe I'm not thin, but skinny isn't perfect.The perfect size is happy.

Whuppins were like kid taxes we paid with our behinds.

If a cone had dropped on velvet needles, if a star had lain a silver track across the sky, if the dead had turned in their graves - I swear, I would have heard it, that's how silent it all was.

Pat Conroy embraced his new hometown with the grateful passion of a refugee.

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.

With a lot of help from my high school teachers, I went to college and became a medical tech at a clinic outside Kansas City.

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.

There are a lot of musicians I've met on Twitter where it was like, 'Hey, I like your music' - and then I ended up meeting them and it turned into a friendship.

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.