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" I was everything an R&B singer wasn't. I wasn't in shape. I wasn't a pretty boy. "
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Boy
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Pretty
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" For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude. "
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" The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. "
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" I want to be remembered as iconic and different. "
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" My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" At one point, I didn't care. Now I want as many people to hear my music as possible. "
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" 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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" I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it's such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it's therapeutic. "
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" 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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" I've grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change. "
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" I make good music for long journeys. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I mean... in life... what relationship is easy? "
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" Image, lyrics, content, storytelling, cohesive body of work - that's Prince to me. "
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" A chorus is not easy. "
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" I just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor. "
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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. "
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" Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do. "
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" Literally wrote 'Starboy' in 30 minutes. "
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" The Internet, man, is a beautiful thing. "
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" I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing. "
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" 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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" 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.' "
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" I've had sleep paralysis. "
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" I'm all about evolution. I'm the first person to judge myself. "
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" I love trying new things. "
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" 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. "
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