The Weeknd Quotes

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The Weeknd

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 16, 1990

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.

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I was everything an R&B singer wasn't. I wasn't in shape. I wasn't a pretty boy.

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I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.'

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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.

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I was 14, and I fell in love with Pink Floyd.

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'Eastern Promises' is great.

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I'm mainstream.

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Image, lyrics, content, storytelling, cohesive body of work - that's Prince to me.

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My mother, my grandmother, my uncles would play Ethiopian artists like Aster Aweke and Mulatu Astatke all the time in the house.

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My closet is like Bart Simpson's.

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You aren't normal if you sing to people. You aren't a normal person. It's nerve-racking.

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My production and songwriting and the environment around those vocals are not inspired by R&B at all.

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

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I'm a studio rat.

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

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'Kiss Land' wasn't about what people wanted to hear on the radio. It was the state of mind I was in - introverted, like David Cronenberg's 'Naked Lunch.' You didn't know if you were hearing a chorus or a verse. It was just my thoughts.

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At one point, I didn't care. Now I want as many people to hear my music as possible.

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I feel like I'm changing pop culture.

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I have a good team. It's good to have a good team.

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The Joker that Christopher Nolan created in 'The Dark Knight' had the scar across his mouth, and the first time you heard his explanation for it, he makes you believe that's how he got it. But then you get into the film, and every time he talks about his scar, it's a totally different story.

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