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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.

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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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Jobs Needs People
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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Broken Care Heart
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
I prefer making videos to making music.
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Making Music Video
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want
I always wanted to be really experimental.
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Experimental Really Wanted
Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn’t want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
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Aggressive Bangs Cute Dresses
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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Made Most Music Video
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’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
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Deliver Shiver Song
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don’t feel that way about anything else.
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Anything Desire Intense Way
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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Four Hours Important
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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Artist Block People
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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Artist Crazy Moving

I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.

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