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.

When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don't respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.

I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see.

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

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.

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'.

The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.