I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.
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 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.
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.
AVICIII 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.
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’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 can’t tell where the journey will end But I know where to start.
AVICIIPeople in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.
AVICIII tried carrying the weight of the world. But I only have two hands.
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.
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.
AVICIIIt’s hard – some people get inspired by a feeling, but I’m mostly inspired by melodies.
AVICIII 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.
AVICIII have a hard time writing music when I’m on tour.
AVICIII grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and ’60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that’s where I got my first taste for music.
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