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Stromae

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 12, 1985

I'm just like a photographer or a director. Of course I have an opinion, but I don't think my opinion, or what I want to say... is so obvious 'cause that's not my job. My job is just to give a point of view, not more than that.

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It's my job to be ridiculous.

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Our ambition isn't just to be big, it's to be listened to and supported by people. And to have the success - if we deserve it, of course.

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I'm trying to stay normal, that's all. But it's hard.

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I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time.

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It's good to think about real life, no? Because real life isn't just dreams and happiness.

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Success is a gift, but it's a handicap at the same time, I think.

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I'm a composer like every maestro on this earth.

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At the time I learned drums, I wanted to be the drummer of Hanson. I wanted to be this guy because he was so young, and he was already drumming in the band, you know, so I just wanted to be like him. And later, I discovered hip-hop music at boarding school.

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I prefer the word 'musician.' I'm a musician and a composer. I have a problem with the word 'artist.' I don't know if it's the same in English, but words like 'artist' and 'star' put people on a pedestal, which is not really good for my brain.

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We are all human, and we are all able to listen to music that we cannot understand. I used to listen to English music like Notorious B.I.G., and I didn't know what he's talking about in all of his tracks, but I'm a fan. It's rhythm and a groove that makes me dance, so I'm convinced that my music can work in the U.S.

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I think it's about the feeling more than a language. And I think that we and every culture in the world has to keep their own language just to bring something else, something different, and show a different vision of the world, actually. And that's why I'm trying to keep my language.

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My father is black - was black. My mother is white.

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Everyone should have a suit that's really well fitting - if a suit just doesn't fit, it looks ridiculous. It can purposely be too large or too small, if that's what you want, but it has to fit with your image and personal style.

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You should be able to wear exactly what you want to wear.

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I have four or five custom suits, including one that's velvet, and a gray one I wear onstage. It's wool.

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I'm sure, ever since I was really young, that happiness is not a bottle of champagne and a girl and a limousine and a swimming pool.

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Hip-hop, pop, dance - the common point is melancholy. That's international, and I like this word because it's not only about sadness or happiness - it's both at the same time. And that's human, and that's life.

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Who do you want to be: the radical man who can make a choice in one second, or the man who never takes decisions? That's the question: who's the best? Actually, there is no best.

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I'm more the kind of man who never makes decisions. But impulsivity is not the opposite of courage; I think it's possible to do both.

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