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I prefer making videos to making music.

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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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Couple Female Guy
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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Dark Winter Writing
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
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
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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Bigs Interest Video
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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Music Stuck Thinking
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
Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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Basically Consistency Impressionable
I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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Crazy General Going
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
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn’t mean it’s not important or relevant.
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Important Mean Philosophical
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
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
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 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
Especially with music, people want confidence.
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Confidence People Want

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