I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
GRIMESI’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 believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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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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Lately I’ve been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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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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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 like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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I don’t have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
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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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I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I’m making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.
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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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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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It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it’s really important for me to not break the groove.
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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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