Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Image, lyrics, content, storytelling, cohesive body of work - that's Prince to me.
When people meet me, they say that I'm really kind - contrary to a lot of my music.
The last thing you want is to not be recognized for all of the hard work you put in.
The effect of music on fashion has been immense, especially hip-hop and urban music.
I know you've been trying to get a hold of me, but I can barely get a hold of myself
We're all insecure, aren't we? I'm not walking around like I'm macho man or anything.
For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.
You aren't normal if you sing to people. You aren't a normal person. It's nerve-racking.
For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good.
I wanted to drop three albums in a year because no one had done it. It was bold, unheard of.
From when I was born to when I was 21, I never left Toronto. That's why I'm such a city cat.
Taylor Swift's audience can listen to me, but so can the street kids. I want to touch it all.
I want to make pop cool again, and the only way I can do that is by being ambitious and grand.
Going to a therapist is not something you do when you're growing up as a street kid in Toronto.
I just kept touring and touring until it became second nature to go onstage, perform, and sing.
Staying in a hopeless and miserable situation doesn't make you loyal, it just makes you miserable.
When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it's light, and sometimes it gets very dark.
I want to produce the music to a movie that I'm working on, like what Prince did with 'Purple Rain.'
I went from staring at the same four walls for 21 years to seeing the whole world in just 12 months.
Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.
My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.
I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.'
Me not finishing school - in my head, I still have this insecurity when I'm talking to someone educated.
The Joker is my favorite villain of all time: You don't know his past; you just know what his plans are.
When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.
I feel like my singing is not conventional. I mean, if you look at technique, I'm not a technical singer.
I feel like I'm the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.
Nothing feels better than going onstage and everybody is singing every word - and actually wanting to see you.
Even though I've been putting out bodies of work for years, 'Beauty Behind the Madness' felt like the beginning.
'Thursday' is a conceptual album. Whatever that situation was, I spent the whole album focusing on that situation.
I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world - from religion to race.
I'm a huge fan of R. Kelly's. He's a musical genius and probably the most prolific artist of the generation before mine.
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.
Straight to the top, rooftop glows. With a hand full of girls and they all so foreign. Brain so poisoned, rainbows flowing.
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.
I sang a lot of low stuff on songs like 'Secrets' and 'Rockin',' almost like Toni Braxton. On 'Secrets,' I'm a different person.
My mother, my grandmother, my uncles would play Ethiopian artists like Aster Aweke and Mulatu Astatke all the time in the house.
I can never be Michael Jackson or do what he did, but he is definitely a good inspiration: I want to give the kids that feeling.
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.
I knew the second I finished the first record - 'House Of Balloons' - and had all this material leftover that a trilogy would be best.
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 vibe on 'Starboy' comes from that hip-hop culture of braggadocio, from Wu-Tang and 50 Cent, the kind of music I listened to as a kid.
You know me, but you don't know me. I give you what I want to give you. I relate to villains like that - but I'm not out to destroy the world.
I always use Michael as, first and foremost, a vocal inspiration, and 'Off the Wall' was definitely the one that made me feel like I could sing.
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.
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.
I probably could have toured off 'Trilogy' for the rest of my life. It definitely changed the culture. No one can do a trilogy again without thanking The Weeknd.
I usually dont like to spoon feed my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.
I usually don't like to 'spoon feed' my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.
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.