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Usher's compared himself to Picasso

  • May 25, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

Fans of modesty, humility and reserve rejoice: the never knowingly unri­dicu­lous Usher has compared himself to Picasso.

Talking to Q magazine (as quoted here), the 'Do It To Me' hitmaker  — and you'll need to sit down for this — said: "[I'm] a sponge, the more I absorb, the more I am able to artic­u­late my vision, as artists do, like Picasso."

Blimey.

It didn't stop there mind you. "I'm an artist in that light. I went from being an artist to an artiste," he continued, appar­ently with a straight face.

Usher's equi­val­ent of The Weeping Woman, 'Looking 4 Myself', is out on June 12.

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