When I was a baby, my mom used to have a dance school, and she used to teach classes there.
AFROJACKWhen I was a baby, my mom used to have a dance school, and she used to teach classes there.
AFROJACKIt was just me in my bedroom. It gave me freedom and made me happy.
AFROJACKI was lazy, though. I was always, like, sort of an outcast. And when I got home, I was always doing music, but when I was doing music, no one was there to judge it, you know?
AFROJACKI was in school – I was a good learner; if I wanted to get something done, I could get it done.
AFROJACKI think the most important thing about dance music is the connection.
AFROJACKPeople need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It’s because you feel it; you see it in someone’s body language.
AFROJACKHolland is to dance music what Nashville is to country.
AFROJACKEvery song, every form of art, clothing, shoes, it has to be special.
AFROJACKI studied psychology for a couple of years as a personal hobby, so you start learning about people and listening to your intuition, like when you you’re feeling that people are not being entirely straight with you.
AFROJACKWe didn’t have money for a babysitter, so she always brought me with her to the dancing school. Back then, I was already watching and listening to Michael Jackson for a long time.
AFROJACKCars for me are like a piece of art.
AFROJACKI love design and actually went to school for a bit for graphic design, so it isn’t so much ‘pressure’ for me; it’s a way to be creative, and I really enjoy it.
AFROJACKPeople always say, ‘How is it to be so successful?’ I’m not successful yet. Richard Branson is successful. That’s successful. Michael Jackson was successful. U2 was successful.
AFROJACKI’m just a guy, doing okay. But I’m a happy guy doing okay.
AFROJACKWhen you’re walking down the street or in the car just listening to the radio, and you’re, like , ‘Oh, that’s my song.’ You want to say, ‘Hey Mom!’ That never changes.
AFROJACKIf you put 80,000 people together, no one knows each other, and once the music starts, everyone loves each other.
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