I know texture is really important, but I think texture and stuff precedes songwriting a lot of the time these days.

For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

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

I like creating beauty out of scary things.

I don't think I know anyone who has a steady job in Montreal.

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.

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

By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

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

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

The more he smiled, the more I wanted to hate him, and yet it was the very thing that made hating him impossible.

Creeds, like other goods, pass by inheritance to descendants.

You all have the potential to be what you wanna be.

I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.

What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.

Let's finally guarantee equal pay for women.

I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts.

I would have shared with the banks my long-term vision and got them involved instead of just going to them when I needed money. I should have got them on my team right from the start.

Free the snow globes!

Going on the ship felt like 100 years or one day. Timeless. Beautiful vertigo. It will continue to show up in my work.