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.

I feel like vocals are to music what portraits are to painting. They're the humanity. Landscapes are good and fine, but at the end of the day everyone loves the Mona Lisa.

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'.

I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I'm making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.

I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.

I prefer making videos to making music.

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