Stromae
I think it's good to eat a bit of everything, but when you eat too much junk food, it's bad for you and for your brain. You don't understand why, but you feel sad. It's because of the junk food!Collection: Sad
I prefer to talk about our problems, to be proud of them, in place of trying to hide them. Because you can't. And I prefer to dance, to smile on it, to laugh on it.Collection: Smile
To me, 'Alors On Danse' is the definition of clubbing. Because everyone is just trying to forget their problems, but actually, it's so sad, clubbing. We try to sell happiness in clubs, but you can't.Collection: Sad
Hip-hop, pop, dance - the common point is melancholy. That's international, and I like this word because it's not only about sadness or happiness - it's both at the same time. And that's human, and that's life.Collection: Happiness
We are proud of our ridiculousness. That's what made our Surrealism. Proud and ashamed of everything at the same time. I think that's my definition of Belgium.
Success is a gift, but it's a handicap at the same time, I think.
There is always a good part in everything.
Music is like a medicine.
I think the Congolese music is more important in the African community that Rwandan. You know, Rwanda is not musically really important in Africa. It's interesting, of course. But Congolese rumba was so huge in Africa that everybody was inspired by it.
You should be able to wear exactly what you want to wear.
It's a fact that Anglo-Saxon supremacy impacts other cultures. That is plain and simple.
Our ambition isn't just to be big, it's to be listened to and supported by people. And to have the success - if we deserve it, of course.
I'm trying to stay normal, that's all. But it's hard.
My father is black - was black. My mother is white.
I was raised in Brussels as a Belgian but, at the same time, feeling that I wasn't necessarily from here.
The first time I performed on stage, that was almost the first concert I went to, so that was pretty interesting and a bit weird at the same time.
I always need a reason to do something on stage, for me. I am not judging anyone: there is not a good way; there is not a bad way. You just have to justify everything.
I do not want the things I do to be easy and predictable. I want them to be real.
People like Brel were sensitive and vulnerable; on stage, they dared to take risks.
WME and IMG both truly understand and value my music and Mosaert's creative visions; they are forward-thinking, all-encompassing, and thoughtful in how they envision me continuing to grow.
I already visited Rwanda when I was five, but I don't really remember my roots.
When I listen to an American singer, I wanna listen to his music in his language, because he's more spontaneous - he's more natural - and I need his point of view. And our point of view here in Brussels is French and Flemish.
I'm just part of the people.
If we can listen to English music without understanding nothing, and dance on it, and feel the groove, feel the feelings, I'm sure everybody can do exactly the same for each language.
The prime minister in Belgium gave our album to Barack Obama. I was really surprised that he decided to give a CD of us.
I'm not so radical about Twitter, but I think it's sometimes dangerous if you think that Twitter is real life.
Music is the only place that I can have no taboos. In real life I have a lot of taboos, and I can't talk about everything easily.
I was talking in an interview about how I would love to have a ballerina flat for men. Repetto heard about it and decided to create one. It's almost like a slipper.
No genre of music is better than another, whether it's country, hip-hop, trap, classical, whatever. It's all music.
I think a lot of people want to blame their fathers for not being good enough when they were growing up. I think it can be an excuse for not coming to terms with your own problems.
There are artists in Belgium who try to imitate American artists. But it's like, if you're Belgian pretending to be American, you won't be better than the American because you aren't American. You have to do your own stuff.
I don't want to have success to have success.
I do my music for me, second for my entourage, and at the end, for the people. It's healthy to work that way.
The last thing an Englishman wants to hear is a man from Brussels trying to imitate his language - you want to hear a different point of view. You may not be able to understand the details, but you can understand the feeling.
If I was just trying to imitate an American or English singer, it would sound fake. I'm sure of it.
I have some English words on the first album, but any time I try to do it, you miss something. You think it's just a simple translation from French to English, but it's so different as far as the understanding.
I think that's our problem in Europe: we used to be a bit negative on everything. That's good sometimes, but when it's too much... It's not good.
Who decided that when you dance you don't have to think?
I'm not making music for intelligent people or dumb people. I'm just making music for people.
I want to have not only the good side of life but the bad side of life. And the both combined is just my music. It's funny at the same time as it's sad.
There are so many reasons to be sad in the club.
In Belgium, we know the U.S. culture through the television, but it's not the truth. It's interesting to see that Philadelphia is really industrial. I love industrial cities. Everybody hates them, but I think they're the best places to be creative. The more gritty it is, the more I love it.
When I was a teenager, I was maybe a little bit angry.
I'm just like a photographer or a director. Of course I have an opinion, but I don't think my opinion, or what I want to say... is so obvious 'cause that's not my job. My job is just to give a point of view, not more than that.
It's my job to be ridiculous.
I make dance music because I love to dance. But I want to think at the same time.
It's good to think about real life, no? Because real life isn't just dreams and happiness.
I'm a composer like every maestro on this earth.
At the time I learned drums, I wanted to be the drummer of Hanson. I wanted to be this guy because he was so young, and he was already drumming in the band, you know, so I just wanted to be like him. And later, I discovered hip-hop music at boarding school.
I prefer the word 'musician.' I'm a musician and a composer. I have a problem with the word 'artist.' I don't know if it's the same in English, but words like 'artist' and 'star' put people on a pedestal, which is not really good for my brain.