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" I'm pretty laid-back in real life. I just love hanging with my friends and making jokes. The jokes don't stop - literally, all day. "
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Life
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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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" 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. "
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" It's almost schizophrenic who I portray in my music. "
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" You aren't normal if you sing to people. You aren't a normal person. It's nerve-racking. "
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" Prince turned experimental music into pop music. 'When Doves Cry,' the whole 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - he was inspired by the Cocteau Twins and new wave pop and brought it into R&B when he first started, and then it became this cool, next-level, kind of hard-to-digest music. Which is what I felt 'House of Balloons' was. "
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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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" When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me. "
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" 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. "
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" Bragging just sounds good, man. "
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" I mean... in life... what relationship is easy? "
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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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" The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. "
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" The game is changing with songs like 'Earned It' as opposed to it changing me. "
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" Marriage is scary to me, man. "
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" I love trying new things. "
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" I want to make pop cool again, and the only way I can do that is by being ambitious and grand. "
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" My closet is like Bart Simpson's. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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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