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" A chorus is not easy. "

" All I do is make music. "

" All of my music is honest. "

" Alternative R&B is in my soul. It's not going anywhere. "

" At one point, I didn't care. Now I want as many people to hear my music as possible. "

" Bragging just sounds good, man. "

" Environment is very important to me. Sometimes I have to perform during the day for festivals, and my music does not work in the daytime. It is nighttime music. "

" Even though I've been putting out bodies of work for years, 'Beauty Behind the Madness' felt like the beginning. "

" For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good. "

" For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude. "

" For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece that men wear every day, and it's something that I would wear for any occasion, whether it's on the street or going to an awards ceremony. "

" For the chorus of 'Secrets,' we used The Romantics' 'Talking in Your Sleep' and 'Pale Shelter' by Tears for Fears. It's like hip-hop: just grab it. "

" From when I was born to when I was 21, I never left Toronto. That's why I'm such a city cat. "

" Going home helps the content. "

" Going to a therapist is not something you do when you're growing up as a street kid in Toronto. "

" 'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations. Spent a year making it perfect. Every song had at least, like, 7 different versions to them before picking the right one. "

" I always hated how I looked on camera. I never put a face to my music, which actually made the music that much more mysterious. "

" I always use Michael as, first and foremost, a vocal inspiration, and 'Off the Wall' was definitely the one that made me feel like I could sing. "

" I couldn't ever go back home without being something. I probably would never have gone back home. That was definitely a big motivation. To get back home, and not empty-handed. "

" I didn't have a father figure in the house. "

" I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.' "

" I don't believe in icons. "

" I don't think I'd ever apologise for music I make, no. "

" I feel like everything we do comes down to how it looks. Even no branding is branding. For example, you had no face or image to put to my music at first. That was branding. "

" I feel like I'm changing pop culture. "

" I feel like I'm the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids. "

" I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world - from religion to race. "

" If you ever see young artists, and they're not sounding good, they sound good. They're good singers. They wouldn't be where they are if they didn't sound good. It's their nerves. Any time you see your favorite artist, and he's or she's screwing up or not hitting those notes, it's not because she can't hit it or she can't sing; he or she is scared. "

" I get naturally uncomfortable when I'm put under a magnifying glass. "

" I have a good team. It's good to have a good team. "

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