My production and songwriting and the environment around...... Quote by "The Weeknd"

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

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

I wanted to drop three albums in a year because no one had done it. It was bold, unheard of.
— The Weeknd

Tags: year, three, bold, done

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

Tags: like, house, mother, time

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

Tags: why, born, never, city

Going to a therapist is not something you do when you're growing up as a street kid in Toronto.
— The Weeknd