I've never lived outside of Canada, so I've been really cold my entire life. Most of my memories are coloured by the fact that I was really cold, just... all the time!

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

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.

I don't have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.

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

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.

It's kind of like I'm Phil Spector and I'm forcing a young girl to make pop music and perform exhaustively. Except, instead of it being someone else, that girl is also me.