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" 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. "

The Weeknd

People

Music

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Rat

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

" Literally wrote 'Starboy' in 30 minutes. "

" All I do is make music. "

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

" The last thing you want is to not be recognized for all of the hard work you put in. "

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" '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 feel like I'm the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids. "

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

" It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that there are people who can't or won't see what Black Lives Matter is trying to accomplish. "

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

" Music is like film to me. "

The Weeknd

Film

" The mind of a 19-year-old is very different from the mind of a 26-year-old. You grow. You get into better relationships. You experience more, meet more people, better people. But when you're in a dark hole at an earlier point in your life - you write about the mindset you're in at that moment. "

" I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.' "

" For the chorus of 'Secrets,' we used The Romantics' 'Talking in Your Sleep' and 'Pale Shelter' by Tears for Fears. It's like hip-hop: just grab it. "

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

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

The Weeknd

People

Kind

" OVOXO will always be there. "

The Weeknd

Always

Will

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

" I mean... in life... what relationship is easy? "

" 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 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. "

" 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

Fans

Feel

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

" 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. "