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

I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an action movie: There's this crazy omnipresent guy who can destroy you at any moment.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.

I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn't necessarily be the person who makes it.

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 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.