“Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.”

“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 the street or going to an awards ceremony.”

“Marriage is scary to me, man.”

“The Joker is my favorite villain of all time: You don't know his past you just know what his plans are.”

“I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world - from religion to race.”

“Let's be honest. Canada wasn't ever cool.”

“I want to make pop cool again, and the only way I can do that is by being ambitious and grand.”

“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 first started, and then it became this cool, next-level, kind of hard-to-digest music. Which is what I felt 'House of Balloons' was.”

“For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.”

“Once you learn to hit, teach yourself to never miss again.”

“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.”