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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Removing all stimulation around you is a really positive thing in terms of stimulating your creativity. "

" I've always been such a nerd. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 like creating beauty out of scary things. "

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Beauty

Creating

" I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me. "

Grimes

Shoes

Walk

" My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna. "

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

" There's definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did. "

" I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues. "

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

" 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. "

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

Grimes

Friends

Population

" 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. "

" Usually I perform with dancers. "

Grimes

Perform

Dancers

" 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. "

Grimes

Love

Feel

" My image seems to be so infantilized, and I don't really know why. It belittles the music. "

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

" 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. "

Grimes

Caring

Tired

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

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

" From an early age, I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative. "

" 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. "

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

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Just

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" Especially with music, people want confidence. "

" My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite. "

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