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.
AFROJACKMy 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.
AFROJACKI think the most important thing about dance music is the connection.
AFROJACKHolland is to dance music what Nashville is to country.
AFROJACKIf you put 80,000 people together, no one knows each other, and once the music starts, everyone loves each other.
AFROJACKWhen I was a baby, my mom used to have a dance school, and she used to teach classes there.
AFROJACKI was in school – I was a good learner; if I wanted to get something done, I could get it done.
AFROJACKIt was just me in my bedroom. It gave me freedom and made me happy.
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.
AFROJACKCars for me are like a piece of art.
AFROJACKI 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.
AFROJACKMaybe one day there will finally be an education for electronic music.
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.
AFROJACKThat 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.
AFROJACKI’m just a guy, doing okay. But I’m a happy guy doing okay.
AFROJACKI 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.
AFROJACKOne of the reasons why my album is called ‘Forget the World’ is because when you listen to the world, you make stupid mistakes.
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