I grew up going to punk shows, that kind of thing - I don't wanna make pop punk! - but I like the idea of people going totally crazy and it being really intimate, loud and super-aggressive, but combining that with pop music.

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

I'm a very unhealthy person, and Montreal is very cold, and I'm usually sick when I'm there.

If I'll be sexualized, it wouldn't be because I was wearing sexy clothes, because I look like a baby. But music is an inherently sexual thing. If something sexual is going to be expressed, it's going to be in my music.

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

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

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.