The Weeknd Quotes

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The Weeknd

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 16, 1990

When you're traveling constantly, every day you become inspired, and it shows in my work, sonically, lyrically, visually. Conversations with women with different accents and stories told in those accents. I like to create characters based on different people I've met, and relationships. I like to tell stories loosely based on real-life events.

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For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good.

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'Kiss Land' is like a horror movie.

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'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations. Spent a year making it perfect. Every song had at least, like, 7 different versions to them before picking the right one.

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I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. No one could find pictures of me.

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I'm all about evolution. I'm the first person to judge myself.

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OVOXO will always be there.

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From when I was born to when I was 21, I never left Toronto. That's why I'm such a city cat.

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I think that's why my career is going to be so long: Because I haven't given people everything.

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I just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor.

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

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Literally wrote 'Starboy' in 30 minutes.

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

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

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I get naturally uncomfortable when I'm put under a magnifying glass.

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All of my music is honest.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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In the beginning, I was very insecure. I hated how I looked in pictures.

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