“I think the most important thing about dance music is the connection.”

I love what I do. Dance music is my passion, my life. There is no greater feeling than being one with my fans, partying to the music we love.

We 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.

That doesn’t happen with a lot of genres. If you go to a hip-hop club, it’s not like when one songs comes on that everyone suddenly loves each other.

I 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?

My debut album, ‘Forget the World,’ is all about not listening to the negativity around you and to continue to do what you love, no matter what people think.

Maybe one day there will finally be an education for electronic music.

Cars for me are like a piece of art.

When I was a baby, my mom used to have a dance school, and she used to teach classes there.

When 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.

I have been fully involved in designing my stage shows; it’s important to me to do something really unique and almost off-the-wall to bring the music and the visuals together.

One of the reasons why my album is called ‘Forget the World’ is because when you listen to the world, you make stupid mistakes.

I’m just a guy, doing okay. But I’m a happy guy doing okay.

The only thing you can do to lead a crowd is prove your passion to them.

People 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.

I was in school – I was a good learner; if I wanted to get something done, I could get it done.

Holland is to dance music what Nashville is to country.