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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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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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Fashion Powerful Taken
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
I prefer making videos to making music.
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Making Music Video
Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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Girl Successful Ugly
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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Good Looks People Times
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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Assuming People Thinking
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there’s always a narrative that is very nonlinear – and that’s the essence of a good music video.
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Essence Hype Video
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
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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Fit Runway Size Tired
Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
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Cameras Freak People
I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I’m on tour, and it’s just hard.
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Hard Performing Sick
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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Black Night Window
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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Cities Country People Vancouver
If I think about what other people are thinking when I’m making music, I just can’t do it. It’s too withheld – I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.
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Facts Need People Reasonable Thinking

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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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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