This interview from 2013 is mindblowing. She talks about her philosophy on dancing and pop music and live improvisation, the spiritual nature of the noise scene, gentrification in Montreal and Berlin, the need for solitude while creating, her love of the forest, how the industrial and goth scene was influenced by the BC landscape, health problems on tour, film (especially Tarkovsky) and classical/liturgical music inspirations (Hildegard).
Here's part 2. http://www.electronicbeats.net/self-liberating-an-interview-with-grimes-part-2/
This interview from 2013 is mindblowing. She talks about her philosophy on dancing and pop music and live improvisation, the spiritual nature of the noise scene, gentrification in Montreal and Berlin, the need for solitude while creating, her love of the forest, how the industrial and goth scene was influenced by the BC landscape, health problems on tour, film (especially Tarkovsky) and classical/liturgical music inspirations (Hildegard).