Canadian - Musician | February 16, 1990 -
I'm mainstream.
The Weeknd
Mainstream
Image, lyrics, content, storytelling, cohesive body of work - that's Prince to me.
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Music is like film 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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If you ever see young artists, and they're not sounding good, they sound good. They're good singers. They wouldn't be where they are if they didn't sound good. It's their nerves. Any time you see your favorite artist, and he's or she's screwing up or not hitting those notes, it's not because she can't hit it or she can't sing; he or she is scared.
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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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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've grown accustomed to hotels and drastic climate change.
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When you come to my show, I want it to feel like opera, like a theatre.
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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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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.
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