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 love pop music, but I also love noise music, IDM - anything really, I get something out of most kinds of music. I just need to enjoy the process.

It's really hard to be on stage and packing your gear when people who just saw you play are in the room, because they all just want to talk to you.

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

I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it's dark.

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

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'.