The Weeknd Quotes
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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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When people meet me, they say that I'm really kind - contrary to a lot of my music.
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When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it's light, and sometimes it gets very dark.
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I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it's such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it's therapeutic.
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Bragging just sounds good, man.
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I was 14, and I fell in love with Pink Floyd.
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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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It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that there are people who can't or won't see what Black Lives Matter is trying to accomplish.
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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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I don't believe in icons.
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When I was performing the songs on 'Kiss Land,' it was a great singalong. But there were moments where I realized some parts were catchier than the others. There's maybe two choruses on all of 'Kiss Land.'
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I just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor.
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When you come to my show, I want it to feel like opera, like a theatre.
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I'm the most boring person to talk to.
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Alternative R&B is in my soul. It's not going anywhere.
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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 always hated how I looked on camera. I never put a face to my music, which actually made the music that much more mysterious.
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OVOXO will always be there.
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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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The game is changing with songs like 'Earned It' as opposed to it changing me.
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The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it.
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Going home helps the content.
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I have a good team. It's good to have a good team.
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I feel like everything we do comes down to how it looks. Even no branding is branding. For example, you had no face or image to put to my music at first. That was branding.