The Weeknd Quotes

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative.

I played around with GarageBand before, but I'd never actually made a proper song. So it was getting into the studio with him where I made my first proper song. I've always loved creative writing, so I had done that as well.

I live vicariously through my songs.

I write songs, and there is a definite need to express myself through my music.

These people are artists. These people are musicians. They're taking it out and trying to express it that way.

Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

I just want to keep writing music.

If I couldn't act, I'd really love to try music.

Making music is fantastic.

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.

I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world.

The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.

Country has been a wonderful outlet for me.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

These are all personal crises, I'm sure, that I manifest in a song format and project into physical situations. You make little stories up about how you feel. It's as simple as that.

Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference.

I'm always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, I'm always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. It's like my job is my vacation.

I think anything that's creative really takes my mind off whatever it is that I'm going through in my life. If you're going through heartbreak, and you can write a song, it's a wonderful win-win, because it takes your mind off the heartbreak, and you get to vent.

I was always that girl who loved music and thought of music as an escape route.

I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.

I wanted to be a cheerleader, like my sister was - all the most popular and beautiful girls are cheerleaders and I wanted that, and it demolished this vision of myself. That's when I found the piano, when music saved me; that's when I first attempted to write my own songs.

I think the greatest gift to me is that I can express myself in songs. It helps me get through some of the hardest times of my life. It also helps me celebrate some of the best times.

Creativity, for me, is almost like therapy; my songs take you into the underbelly of my mind, and there's some dark stuff in there.