“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.”

Dance music is like a virus, it has affected so many different genres.

All this time I was finding myself and I didn’t know I was lost.

People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.

I can’t tell where the journey will end But I know where to start.

I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.

House 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.

If 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.

I 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.

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.

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.

I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.

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.

It’s hard – some people get inspired by a feeling, but I’m mostly inspired by melodies.

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.

I have a hard time writing music when I’m on tour.

Life’s a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.

All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.

I don’t think we are here for anything. We’re just products of evolution. You can say, “Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you don’t think there’s a purpose.” But I’m anticipating a good lunch.

Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb.

You try to get out there and live. I’ve always had good friends who’ve been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I’ve never felt attached to the film industry.

I hope it never gets to that point that I’m gonna have people around me that are using me. I’m very good with noticing that.

At the end of the day, if you feel like you’re a good person, and your intentions are good, then that’s all that matters.

It is not good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.