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’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 travel with a bunch of battery packs because I don’t always have time to charge my phone at the hotel room when I’m traveling. I always change them, so I never run out of battery.
AVICIITo 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.
AVICIIDance music is like a virus, it has affected so many different genres.
AVICIIHouse music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.
AVICIIWhen I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven’t even seen that part of it that much.
AVICIII make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.
AVICIIThere’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.
AVICIIWhen 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.
AVICIII think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.
AVICIII have a hard time writing music when I’m on tour.
AVICIIAll this time I was finding myself and I didn’t know I was lost.
AVICIILife’s a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.
AVICIIIt’s hard – some people get inspired by a feeling, but I’m mostly inspired by melodies.
AVICIIIf I wanted to make a quick buck, there’s far easier ways of doing it. What I want is to provoke people. If you want a hit song, all you need to do is rewrite an old song. It might have been proven to work, but you won’t be remembered the same way.
AVICIII’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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