Basically, I’m really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.
GRIMESUgly girls generally don’t become successful in music. And it sucks because it’s a standard that just exists.
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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 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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I think Canadians make a lot of music because we’re stuck inside all the time.
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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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Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
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Lately I’ve been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.
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I prefer making videos to making music.
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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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Especially with music, people want confidence.
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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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I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
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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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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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