I always wanted to be really experimental.
GRIMESUgly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
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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 just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
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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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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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If I think about what other people are thinking when I’m making music, I just can’t do it. It’s too withheld – I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.
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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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Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
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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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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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I like going crazy. And not just for art – I like extremes in general.
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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 believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it’s the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
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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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