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" I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest. "

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" I'm tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things I enjoy somehow make me a lesser person. "

" The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you. "

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

" I don't own anything designer. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship. "

" You want people to hate you. If you're just making people happy, you're like Mumford & Sons. "

" I'm a super-introverted person. "

" My set can get really screamo and aggressive, or it can be ambient and Enya-esque. "

" I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans. "

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

" I'm a very unhealthy person, and Montreal is very cold, and I'm usually sick when I'm there. "

" The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time. "

" If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative. "

" I like to aestheticize every possible thing that can be aestheticized. "

" If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety. "

" I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal. "

" I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow. "

" I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I'm on tour, and it's just hard. "

" I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else. "

" I think if you're good at art, you'll be good at most types of art. "

" I'm a very nervous, shy person. "

" I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious. "

" I'm not interested in making art unless I'm totally freaked out and worried people are going to hate it. "