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" 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. "
The Weeknd
Always
Like
Inspiration
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" 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. "
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She
Good
Artist
" I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.' "
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Way
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Digital
" Prince turned experimental music into pop music. 'When Doves Cry,' the whole 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - he was inspired by the Cocteau Twins and new wave pop and brought it into R&B when he first started, and then it became this cool, next-level, kind of hard-to-digest music. Which is what I felt 'House of Balloons' was. "
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Rain
Cry
House
" I don't believe in icons. "
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Believe
Icons
" I mean... in life... what relationship is easy? "
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Mean
Relationship
Life
" I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing. "
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Second
Sing
Nature
" We're all insecure, aren't we? I'm not walking around like I'm macho man or anything. "
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Walking
Man
Like
" I just want to keep pushing the envelope without it feeling forced. "
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Without
Keep
Just
" Once you've changed who you are or who you've portrayed in your music, the fans, they'll catch it... Once I feel like the world knows me for anything else but my music, then I feel like I failed. "
The Weeknd
Me
Fans
Feel
" To be recognized for the hard work my team and I put into 'Starboy' is an honor. "
The Weeknd
Honor
Work
Team
" Let's be honest. Canada wasn't ever cool. "
The Weeknd
Canada
Ever
Honest
" 'Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't left my city for 21 years, and I had never been on a plane, not once. I spent my entire life on one setting; that's probably why pieces of the album feel like one long track, because that's what my life felt like. It felt like one long song. "
The Weeknd
Song
Life
Work
" The game is changing with songs like 'Earned It' as opposed to it changing me. "
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Songs
Changing
Earned
" Going to a therapist is not something you do when you're growing up as a street kid in Toronto. "
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You
Street
Kid
" My purpose is to make exciting music, and I feel like I'll be doing that for the rest of my life, so there's no pressure. "
The Weeknd
My Life
Music
Rest
" I get naturally uncomfortable when I'm put under a magnifying glass. "
The Weeknd
Glass
Magnifying
Get
" The Internet, man, is a beautiful thing. "
The Weeknd
Thing
Beautiful
Internet
" 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
Me
Environment
" I love trying new things. "
The Weeknd
New
New Things
Things
" I make good music for long journeys. "
The Weeknd
Music
Good Music
Long
" I wanted to drop three albums in a year because no one had done it. It was bold, unheard of. "
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Year
Drop
Three
" The vibe on 'Starboy' comes from that hip-hop culture of braggadocio, from Wu-Tang and 50 Cent, the kind of music I listened to as a kid. "
The Weeknd
Culture
Vibe
Kid
" I sang a lot of low stuff on songs like 'Secrets' and 'Rockin',' almost like Toni Braxton. On 'Secrets,' I'm a different person. "
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Like
Different
Secrets
" 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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Life
Day
Stop
" I spend just as much time on how people hear my music as I do the actual music, no matter how long it takes. I'm such a visual artist as well that it always goes hand-in-hand. "
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Long
People
Well
" I feel like I'm changing pop culture. "
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Changing
I Feel
Feel
" My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway. "
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Prince
Inspiration
Michael Jackson
" From when I was born to when I was 21, I never left Toronto. That's why I'm such a city cat. "
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Toronto
Why
Never
" Marriage is scary to me, man. "
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Scary
Man
Me
" I'm trying to get to Mars before everyone else. "
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Trying
Mars
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