Daniel Caesar

Although I have my sights set globally, I'm from Canada.

— Daniel Caesar

You can't reminisce too much. Because you've got to keep pushing forward, you know?

— Daniel Caesar

The first song I ever wrote was in grade eight.

— Daniel Caesar

Female energy is very comforting and beautiful.

— Daniel Caesar

My goal is to not fit in. My worst nightmare is being the baby version of another artist.

— Daniel Caesar

There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept…

— Daniel Caesar

Real power is being able to take care of yourself. My job is to make art, but I aspire to do more…

— Daniel Caesar

Pulp Fiction's insane. I haven't watched it in so long because there was a time where I would watch it like 30…

— Daniel Caesar

A lot of artists are aspiring to fill an archetype as opposed to being themselves. Even if they can't quite put their…

— Daniel Caesar

Love songs are kind of like hymns if you think about it. Gospel songs are basically songs of adoration about God, or…

— Daniel Caesar

I was raised in an intensely religious household and I think the influence shows through my music.

— Daniel Caesar

I want to have a catalogue or a share in a company. I'm trying to take my family's name from lower-middle class…

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There are a lot of things that are part of the music business that I'm very bad at. Organization, being on time…

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Being from Canada, we're in a unique position to fund the music and then, because we own the masters, reinvest the profits,”…

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I'm transitioning from being a starving artist. My producers had success outside of the Daniel Caesar brand, so they invested money, time…

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My mom would say I'm a good kid... but I put them through a lot. I was rejecting religion and, not permanently,…

— Daniel Caesar

We had some Stevie Wonder and Luther Vandross, but there's a lot of hip-hop and other black music that I just never…

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Everyone has golden years sparsely throughout their life, but good things happen and then good things disappear. But you'll always have those…

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These days, it's more like me coming from playing a show and feeling the high from all the energies directed at me,…

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I can do what I want, when I want. I want to go to this place, I pick up and go. It's…

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Pseudo' was about, how after moving to Toronto I saw a lot of inauthenticity. A lot of fake people that aren't about…

— Daniel Caesar

Usually in church, when the congregation is overcome by the Holy Spirit for a moment, the people will interrupt the sermon to…

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I sing to myself more than anything. I'm always chastising myself, telling myself to be better, or comforting myself.

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Before I moved to the city I spent every Saturday sitting in church wishing I could be living on my own, doing…

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I think every religion is founded with good intentions, but with any good thing, there's a negative use for it.

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I ended up having to leave home to make the music I wanted to make, and to find myself. As cliche as…

— Daniel Caesar