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Deadmau5 on How His Cats Have Helped Him — Even If One Also Destroyed His Rare Art: ‘That’s the Price of a Cat’

Deadmau5 shares his cat photos and talks about his beloved pets in this Billboard Power Pets interview.

“Oh, like, bar none … I would have, I wouldn’t say I’d be institutionalized, but very close to, just because they’re the most non-judgmental conduits of grief or stress or just all-around chaos when you just need a minute,” the Grammy-nominated artist – who has previously spoken about his depression — tells Billboard about how his cats have helped with his mental health. “I had a one-of-one OG Slick skull that was made out of hands,” the musician shared of the piece that the famed graffiti artist with whom he’s collaborated gave him. “Private flights,” deadmau5 reveals, and it was during a time that he said finances were “kind of tight – and I still did it.” He explains that he was going to live in L.A. for a year and didn’t want to leave his cats alone or have his mom take them.

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