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.
GRIMESJust because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
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It’s important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you’re a teenager, is bad, per se. Demonizing it is one of the reasons it becomes such an issue.
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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 don’t even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
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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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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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 definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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I always wanted to be really experimental.
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