The Weeknd Quotes

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The Weeknd

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 16, 1990

The mind of a 19-year-old is very different from the mind of a 26-year-old. You grow. You get into better relationships. You experience more, meet more people, better people. But when you're in a dark hole at an earlier point in your life - you write about the mindset you're in at that moment.

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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.

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The last thing you want is to not be recognized for all of the hard work you put in.

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Marriage is scary to me, man.

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Music is like film to me.

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

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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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Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

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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.

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I mean... in life... what relationship is easy?

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I'm trying to get to Mars before everyone else.

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I don't believe in icons.

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

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Alternative R&B is in my soul. It's not going anywhere.

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I want to be remembered as iconic and different.

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I just want to keep pushing the envelope without it feeling forced.

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Bragging just sounds good, man.

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I've had sleep paralysis.

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Going home helps the content.

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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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