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

Usually when I make music, in my head I'm like 'this isn't Grimes, this is just some other project that you can release later, so there's no pressure and it doesn't matter and no-one's ever gonna hear it'.

One thing with Montreal is it's so cold and everyone's so poor and beer's so cheap: if you go to a show you have to brave the weather to get there. So you show up and everyone's soaking wet - there's a sense of 'I trekked through three feet of snow to get here!' I think there's a kind of camaraderie that arises out of that, that's important to me as well.

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

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

As a producer, I'm trying to challenge myself to just make something that is of a professional quality - not necessarily pop music, but maybe in the sense that Nine Inch Nails is professional quality.

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