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" My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all. "

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" 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. "

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

" Environment is very important to me. Sometimes I have to perform during the day for festivals, and my music does not work in the daytime. It is nighttime music. "

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

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

Michael Jackson

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

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" The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. "

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