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" 'Thursday' is a conceptual album. Whatever that situation was, I spent the whole album focusing on that situation. "

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" Me not finishing school - in my head, I still have this insecurity when I'm talking to someone educated. "

" Taylor Swift's audience can listen to me, but so can the street kids. I want to touch it all. "

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

" I'm mainstream. "

" Let's be honest. Canada wasn't ever cool. "

" 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. "

" I don't think I'd ever apologise for music I make, no. "

" I've had sleep paralysis. "

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

" '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. "

" I love trying new things. "

" The game is changing with songs like 'Earned It' as opposed to it changing me. "

" I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing. "

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

" Even though I've been putting out bodies of work for years, 'Beauty Behind the Madness' felt like the beginning. "

" We're all insecure, aren't we? I'm not walking around like I'm macho man or anything. "

" My purpose is to make exciting music, and I feel like I'll be doing that for the rest of my life, so there's no pressure. "

" Music is like film to me. "

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

" Going home helps the content. "

" I want to produce the music to a movie that I'm working on, like what Prince did with 'Purple Rain.' "

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

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

" I'm the most boring person to talk to. "

" All of my music is honest. "

" 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. "

" 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. "