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

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" I don't believe in icons. "

" I wrote a song with Ed Sheeran that was kind of spontaneous. "

" I just want to keep pushing the envelope without it feeling forced. "

" 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. "

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

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

Michael Jackson

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 'Kiss Land' is the story after 'Trilogy'; it's pretty much the second chapter of my life. The narrative takes place after my first flight; it's very foreign, very Asian-inspired. When people ask me, 'Why Japan?' I simply tell them it's the furthest I've ever been from home. It really is a different planet. "

" I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. No one could find pictures of me. "

" 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. "

" 'Thursday' is a conceptual album. Whatever that situation was, I spent the whole album focusing on that situation. "

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

" Marriage is scary to me, man. "

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

" A chorus is not easy. "

" When people meet me, they say that I'm really kind - contrary to a lot of my music. "

" The Joker is my favorite villain of all time: You don't know his past; you just know what his plans are. "

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

" We're all insecure, aren't we? I'm not walking around like I'm macho man or anything. "

" I make good music for long journeys. "

" In the beginning, I was very insecure. I hated how I looked in pictures. "

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

" 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. "