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I'm not good at being, like, a sexy girl.

If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.

If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.

I like to aestheticize every possible thing that can be aestheticized.

From an early age, I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.

Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.

I want to make an a cappella record to release for free.

The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time.

I think if you're good at art, you'll be good at most types of art.

I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.

I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.

It's interesting to be a front person who is controlling the majority of the sound.

I'm not interested in making art unless I'm totally freaked out and worried people are going to hate it.

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.

My image seems to be so infantilized, and I don't really know why. It belittles the music.

Music is a religion to me and my friends.

I don't own anything designer.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

I'm against spending money to record.

If you focus too much on development of the visual angle, it could be a detriment to what you're doing musically.

Whenever I'm making music I'm always waiting for the shivers to happen - that's an important thing for me.

I'm not trained in music.

I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.

I've always been very intense about everything I do.

My set can get really screamo and aggressive, or it can be ambient and Enya-esque.

I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it's the only thing that I can really know, I guess.

You want people to hate you. If you're just making people happy, you're like Mumford & Sons.

When I'm making a song that's very Grimes, it just feels very insular and it feels weird to have someone else do something on it.

My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite.

The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.

I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical.

I think Canadians make a lot of music because we're stuck inside all the time.

If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.

I love humanity, I love the way people look

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn't necessarily be the person who makes it.

When I'm making something I need it to be catchy - I need it to hit the sweet spot.

When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do.

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.

I know texture is really important, but I think texture and stuff precedes songwriting a lot of the time these days.

I'm a super-introverted person.

You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene.

I have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there's this huge Japanese population over there.

I love pop music, but I also love noise music, IDM - anything really, I get something out of most kinds of music. I just need to enjoy the process.

I'm a very nervous, shy person.

The last thing I think about when I'm making music is its reception.

I'm a very unhealthy person, and Montreal is very cold, and I'm usually sick when I'm there.

I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.

There aren't many other labels who I can say are that successful, and can give me as much as 4AD gives me, and still have such a great roster.

It's obviously funny to be a meme, so I could be down with it in that regard, but it also belittles one's art.

I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.

Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.

Ugly girls generally don't become successful in music. And it sucks because it's a standard that just exists.

I truly love 'Gangnam Style.' I guess it's a meme. I feel like it's one of the few times where the meme and the quality combines nicely.

My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.

By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.

The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.

I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.

I've always been such a nerd.

I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.

I get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I'm on tour, and it's just hard.

I'm tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.

I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow.

I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues.

I prefer making videos to making music.

Most of my music videos were made for under $200.

I don't know if I would ever have costume changes - usually I just end up taking off my shoes, I get so sweaty, and ... I just need to be comfortable.

I can tell really early on in a painting if I'm going to toss it or not.

I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it's dark.

Usually I perform with dancers.

Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.

It's really hard to be on stage and packing your gear when people who just saw you play are in the room, because they all just want to talk to you.

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes cursed. I have to delete it.

I always wanted to be really experimental.

I think my sound is post-Internet.

Even though I really admire what Beyonce does, and she's probably got one of the best live shows in the world - honestly! - that's so not my style.

Basically, I'm really impressionable and have no sense of consistency in anything I do.

Removing all stimulation around you is a really positive thing in terms of stimulating your creativity.

I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I'll black out the windows or something.

I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.

I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.

I listen to a lot of medieval music.

Especially with music, people want confidence.

There's definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did.

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!