Drake recently had a very interesting Q&A with GQ on his upcoming album, "Take Care", girls & more. Here's some of what Drizzy had to say...
On the album name "Take Care":
"No one has actually asked me that yet. I came up with the name when I was on a bus in Birmingham, England, going to a show. "Take Care" is this thing we use in passing conversation to dismiss bullshit like, "Oh, you couldn't make it on time? Oh, take care, take care." We've always used that and then I really took so much care making this album. I knew I was going to go home and take longer than six months, I knew that I was literally going to take care of making this project and be attentive, be clear, be immersed in it. "Take Care" worked."
Interestingly enough, Drake rates his albums from best to worst:
"It's hard for me to put So Far Gone second because it's the first time anyone ever really paid attention or heard me. But I'm going to be honest with you, Take Care, then So Far Gone, then Thank Me Later..."
On Girls:
"Who's the ideal girl? She is very funny, very supportive, understands that right now I'm trying to build with somebody. The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer..."
"I wish I dated Oprah. No, they're mostly girls from Toronto that know the real me and don't give a fuck about who "Drake" is or what he's accomplished. And then there are a lot of girls who get a kick out of doing that to me because of who I am. A lot of girls want to purposefully drive a point home."
On His Favourite Sweaters:
"It's a toss-up between three sweaters. I'd say one would be obviously the OVO Owl Sweater. I can wear it repetitively and no one calls me out on it. I have a cashmere Hermes sweater that I love. Lastly, any of my Missoni sweaters. I don't give a fuck what anybody says about my Missoni sweaters! Fuck you, if you don't like my sweater! [Editor's note: A middle-aged couple sitting next to us sharply turn their heads.] It's funny because people only talk about me and sweaters because I don't give them anything else to talk about. I live in Canada, so any dirt I do you'll never see because we don't have the paparazzi up there! It's the stupidest thing, man, but I'll embrace it. Hopefully Missoni hollers at me and we get a sweater line popping!"
On Being Emotional:
"I wish that we lived in a time and a generation where people would stop viewing my honesty as overly emotional. People always act like I spend my life crying in a dark room. I don't, I'm good. I'm a man. I want to be remembered as an artist that gave you a piece of me, as opposed to some surface bullshit. I don't think people realize that we die, we leave here, and either they forget about you or remember you. And how they remember you is up to you. I just want to be remembered as a poet that was open and honest because I wake up every morning and I'm me."
Check out the entire interview here
