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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I approach music - and this sounds crazy - as though I'm Phil Spector, and I'm cranking out these pop stars and forcing them to do all this stuff - except they're all me. But I'm not, like, transgendered.