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.
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.
AVICIIWhen it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke.
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.
AVICIII tried carrying the weight of the world. But I only have two hands.
AVICIIAll this time I was finding myself and I didn’t know I was lost.
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.
AVICIIIf 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.
AVICIII make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.
AVICIII have a hard time writing music when I’m on tour.
AVICIIWhen I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven’t even seen that part of it that much.
AVICIILife’s a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.
AVICIII 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.
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.
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 think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.
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