Grimes

“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.”

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

“I like creating beauty out of scary things.”

“There are a lot of musicians I've met on Twitter where it was like, 'Hey, I like your music' - and then I ended up meeting them and it turned into a friendship.”

“The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast.”

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

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

“I went through my adolescence having this revelatory experience - I can have any music I want, and I can get it immediately. For me and for a lot of people I know, there's this musical eclecticism that happened.”