I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.
GRIMESI’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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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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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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I’m just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
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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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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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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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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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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Ugly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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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