Grimes

“I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.”

“I'm tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.”

“As a producer, I'm trying to challenge myself to just make something that is of a professional quality - not necessarily pop music, but maybe in the sense that Nine Inch Nails is professional quality.”

“I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.”

“You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet.”

“My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.”

“I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!”

“Usually I perform with dancers.”

“If you tell someone you're doing something innovative, they'll think you're doing something innovative.”

“From an early age, I knew I would be unhappy if I wasn't doing something creative.”

“I'm a very nervous, shy person.”

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

“If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.”

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

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

“I'm actually not a particularly negative person, but I feel like most things are better when they're not actualized. The motivation that comes from wanting something is so much more driving of people than actually getting it.”

“I have a lot of Japanese friends: I grew up in Vancouver, and there's this huge Japanese population over there.”

“I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow.”

“The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast.”

“I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.”