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.
— Stromae
If I was just trying to imitate an American or English singer, it would sound fake. I'm sure of it.
I don't want to have success to have success.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 was raised in Brussels as a Belgian but, at the same time, feeling that I wasn't necessarily from here.
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.
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.
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.
No genre of music is better than another, whether it's country, hip-hop, trap, classical, whatever. It's all music.
Music is like a medicine.
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.
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.
People like Brel were sensitive and vulnerable; on stage, they dared to take risks.
There is always a good part in everything.
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!
I do my music for me, second for my entourage, and at the end, for the people. It's healthy to work that way.
It's a fact that Anglo-Saxon supremacy impacts other cultures. That is plain and simple.
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.
I'm not so radical about Twitter, but I think it's sometimes dangerous if you think that Twitter is real life.
I'm just part of the people.
I already visited Rwanda when I was five, but I don't really remember my roots.
I do not want the things I do to be easy and predictable. I want them to be real.
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.
