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" 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. "

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" Music is like film to me. "

" I want to produce the music to a movie that I'm working on, like what Prince did with 'Purple Rain.' "

" Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own. "

" '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. "

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

" All of my music is honest. "

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

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

" 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 just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor. "

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

" I'm trying to get to Mars before everyone else. "

" My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all. "

" I was 14, and I fell in love with Pink Floyd. "

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

" When I was performing the songs on 'Kiss Land,' it was a great singalong. But there were moments where I realized some parts were catchier than the others. There's maybe two choruses on all of 'Kiss Land.' "

" I love trying new things. "

" All I do is make music. "

" My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway. "

Michael Jackson

" I'm all about evolution. I'm the first person to judge myself. "

" The game is changing with songs like 'Earned It' as opposed to it changing me. "

" I don't believe in icons. "

" 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. "

" When you're traveling constantly, every day you become inspired, and it shows in my work, sonically, lyrically, visually. Conversations with women with different accents and stories told in those accents. I like to create characters based on different people I've met, and relationships. I like to tell stories loosely based on real-life events. "

" I'm mainstream. "

" I was everything an R&B singer wasn't. I wasn't in shape. I wasn't a pretty boy. "

" I've had sleep paralysis. "

" I think that's why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven't given people everything. "

" I want to make pop cool again, and the only way I can do that is by being ambitious and grand. "

" 'Kiss Land' wasn't about what people wanted to hear on the radio. It was the state of mind I was in - introverted, like David Cronenberg's 'Naked Lunch.' You didn't know if you were hearing a chorus or a verse. It was just my thoughts. "