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.
GRIMESI 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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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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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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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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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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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they’re having a good time.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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