“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...”
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“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...”
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“I don't think I'd ever apologise for music I make, no.”
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“Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.”
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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 vers...”
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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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“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...”
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“'House of Balloons' was actually supposed to have more songs than it does.”
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“My closet is like Bart Simpson's.”
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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 t...”
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“For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.”
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“I just love Bowie. I think he's the ultimate inventor.”
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“Bragging just sounds good, man.”
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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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“'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...”
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“A chorus is not easy.”
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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. B...”
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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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“'Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't left my city for 21 years, and I had never been on a plane, not once. I spent my entire life on one sett...”
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“Image, lyrics, content, storytelling, cohesive body of work - that's Prince to me.”
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“'Thursday' is a conceptual album. Whatever that situation was, I spent the whole album focusing on that situation.”
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