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

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" Nothing feels better than going onstage and everybody is singing every word - and actually wanting to see you. "

" 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. "

" When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters. "

" I mean... in life... what relationship is easy? "

" I love trying new things. "

" I'm all about surprises. If you watch a horror movie, and it's called 'Kiss Land,' it's probably going to be the most terrifying thing you've ever seen in your life. "

" The Joker that Christopher Nolan created in 'The Dark Knight' had the scar across his mouth, and the first time you heard his explanation for it, he makes you believe that's how he got it. But then you get into the film, and every time he talks about his scar, it's a totally different story. "

" I'm mainstream. "

" '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. "

" Taylor Swift's audience can listen to me, but so can the street kids. I want to touch it all. "

" The effect of music on fashion has been immense, especially hip-hop and urban music. "

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

" When you come to my show, I want it to feel like opera, like a theatre. "

" Bragging just sounds good, man. "

" My mother, my grandmother, my uncles would play Ethiopian artists like Aster Aweke and Mulatu Astatke all the time in the house. "

" I'm the most boring person to talk to. "

" My closet is like Bart Simpson's. "

" I've had sleep paralysis. "

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" Let's be honest. Canada wasn't ever cool. "