I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
GRIMESI like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I’ll black out the windows or something.
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Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don’t respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.
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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 congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.
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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.”
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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I feel like gender lines are changing. A couple of years ago, it wasn’t nearly as OK for guys to like girly-sounding music. But all of a sudden a lot of my guys friends who would like have been really disdainful of female singers are way more accepting.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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.
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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.
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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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