People always say when they meet me that I'm not what they expect. I assume they think I'm this super dark and depressing guy, but I like to channel all of those emotions into my work.
Interpretation
The Weeknd reflects on people's misconceptions about him and how he transforms negative emotions into creative expression.
In this quote, The Weeknd discusses the irony of public perception versus his true self. Despite being viewed as a dark and brooding figure, he emphasizes that he transforms those heavy emotions into his artistic work, suggesting that art can be a powerful outlet for personal struggles. This speaks to the complexity of identity and the ways in which individuals might hide their true feelings behind the images they project to the world.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the transformative power of art in mental health forums.
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.
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.
At one point, I didn't care. Now I want as many people to hear my music as possible.
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.
Pixar films are not realistic. They are believable for the worlds we are creating.
And its object is Art not power, sub-creation not domination and tyrannous re-forming of Creation.
The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.
Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.
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