From an early age I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn’t doing something creative.
GRIMESFashion 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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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn’t necessarily be the person who makes it.
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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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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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I 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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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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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I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it’s dark.
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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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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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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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