It's not the subject that's cliché; it's cliché or not. But in fact, this is the way you're talking about it.

I'm not making music for old people or young people. [It's] for everybody that wants to listen to it.

I prefer consider Stromae as a collective project. Stromae is not me. Or at least it is not only me.

I think it's important to be sincere. And I could be the most sincere just staying in [my] mother language actually. And that's the reason why I stay composing and writing in French.

I want to be simple. I think that we try - and we think when we grow up - that we have the truth, because we experience and stuff. But that bullsh*t actually.

When you're supported by people, you always imagine it's people your age who will support you.

It's still a compliment when you're backed by younger and older, but it's actually unexpected. It's surprising, but for me it's in fact the most beautiful compliment.

If we spark a student's passion, we unleash a powerful force upon the world.

I realize thirty is just a number, that you're only as old as you feel and all that. I also realize that in the grand scheme of things, thirty is still young. But it's not that young.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

I watch so much TV, it's sad. I watch 'Happy Endings', '30 Rock', 'Parks and Rec', 'The Office', 'Eagleheart', 'Children's Hospital'. 'Modern Family' I guess I'm still kinda watching.

Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors.

I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do

Nothing is more powerful than custom or habit.

I'm not into the whole showbiz scene.

And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.

The public must and will be served.