I’ve always had a fascination with making your own music but never have been skilled enough to play the instrument, so to be able to make music without the ability was awesome.
AVICIII always just sit down at the piano and make the main hook—what I want the track to be about melodically—and then I’ll build everything else around that. But growing up, I did not play any instruments.
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People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.
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I tried carrying the weight of the world. But I only have two hands.
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Life’s a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.
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I always just sit down at the piano and make the main hook—what I want the track to be about melodically—and then I’ll build everything else around that. But growing up, I did not play any instruments.
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I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.
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I have always been mainstream. It’s so weird, because I don’t see it as something negative at all. So many people see it as something negative.
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When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven’t even seen that part of it that much.
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I can’t tell where the journey will end But I know where to start.
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Dance music is like a virus, it has affected so many different genres.
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I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and ’60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that’s where I got my first taste for music.
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I have a hard time writing music when I’m on tour.
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I’m good at melody – I’ll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I’m not that good at writing lyrics. I bounce those back and forth with songwriters or someone who can sing.
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When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke.
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There’s always haters, no matter what you’re doing – whether they’re complaining that everything you do sounds the same, or it’s too different.
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To me, I’m always trying to look for the energy, to imagine in being played on the dance floor. I guess that’s the most important thing in making music for me.
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