There hasn’t been a breakthrough star like The Weeknd in quite some time. Over the years his cult fan following quickly turned into a worldwide following that has skyrockets him to success. So, we decided to celebrate his success with the 15 Best The Weeknd Quotes Including Lyrics.
When The Weeknd released House of Balloons, the R&B world marveled and the mystifying tracks. For a long time The Weeknd stayed hidden behind the moniker and refused to do any interviews. It’s only in recent years that he broke out of his shell completely and totally ruled the pop scene, showing that he can’t be tamed by a genre.
The Weeknd is one of the top entertainers in the music world today and hits like “Can’t Feel My Face” and “The Hills” represent turning points in his career and according to the performer, the best is yet to come from him. Check out our list of the 15 Best The Weeknd Quotes Including Lyrics below.
15 Best The Weeknd Quotes Including Lyrics
“I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. The whole ‘enigmatic artist’ thing, I just ran with it. No one could find pictures of me.”
“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 those accents. I like to create characters based on different people I’ve met, and relationships. I like to tell stories loosely based on real-life events.”
“Don’t know what this is, but it all leads to this; You’re gonna leave.”
“Happiness exists when you don’t know a thing so I hope you don’t think this song is about you and only I can know how close you came.”
“Baby I’m a pro at letting go, I love it when they come and go.”
‘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 setting; that’s probably why pieces of the album feel like one long track, because that’s what my life felt like. It felt like one long song.”
“Once you’ve changed who you are or who you’ve portrayed in your music, the fans, they’ll catch it… Once I feel like the world knows me for anything else but my music, then I feel like I failed.”
“‘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 versions to them before picking the right one.”
“I ain’t scared of the fall. I’ve felt the ground before.”
“Be loyal to your own piece of mind.”
“‘Kiss Land’ is the story after ‘Trilogy’; it’s pretty much the second chapter of my life. The narrative takes place after my first flight; it’s very foreign, very Asian-inspired. When people ask me, ‘Why Japan?’ I simply tell them it’s the furthest I’ve ever been from home. It really is a different planet.”
“I love villains—they’re the best characters in movies, right? The Joker is my favorite villain of all time: You don’t know his past, you just know what his plans are.”
“If you try to play your luck, ain’t nobody gonna care enough to catch you fall.”
“I usually don’t like to ‘spoon feed’ my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.”
“Once you’ve changed who you are or who you’ve portrayed in your music, the fans, they’ll catch it… Once I feel like the world knows me for anything else but my music, then I feel like I failed.”