Quotes from Grimes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I'm tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things I enjoy somehow make me a lesser person.

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

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

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

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

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

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

I grew up with four brothers, and in the back of my head I feel pretty masculine. It's always funny when I hear recordings of my voice, because it's so deep when I hear it in my head.