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" I wanted to drop three albums in a year because no one had done it. It was bold, unheard of. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It's almost schizophrenic who I portray in my music. "

" I'm a studio rat. "

" I always hated how I looked on camera. I never put a face to my music, which actually made the music that much more mysterious. "

" Marriage is scary to me, man. "

" I get naturally uncomfortable when I'm put under a magnifying glass. "

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

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

" I sang a lot of low stuff on songs like 'Secrets' and 'Rockin',' almost like Toni Braxton. On 'Secrets,' I'm a different person. "

" '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. "

" For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece that men wear every day, and it's something that I would wear for any occasion, whether it's on the street or going to an awards ceremony. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My closet is like Bart Simpson's. "

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

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

" I'm mainstream. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Image, lyrics, content, storytelling, cohesive body of work - that's Prince to me. "

" '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. "

" When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it's light, and sometimes it gets very dark. "

" The Internet, man, is a beautiful thing. "