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" 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. "

The Weeknd

Music

Environment

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

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

" I've grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change. "

" When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me. "

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" All of my music is honest. "

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" I'm pretty laid-back in real life. I just love hanging with my friends and making jokes. The jokes don't stop - literally, all day. "

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" Music is like film to me. "

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" The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. "

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

" People always say when they meet me that I'm not what they expect. I assume they think I'm this super dark and depressing guy, but I like to channel all of those emotions into my work. "

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" I'm a studio rat. "

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" I knew the second I finished the first record - 'House Of Balloons' - and had all this material leftover that a trilogy would be best. "