It will be great to have a fashion career during and after my DJ career.

You should be able to be influenced by art no matter where it comes from.

Snapchat's the place where people are hearing and learning about culture.

One thing I've always been grateful for is the diversity of my listeners.

Dance music will always be around. People around the world love to dance.

Some people think I'm crazy, but I'm just a normal dude that loves music.

In Europe, it's more common to hear aggressive dance tracks on the radio.

I believe it also says that I am a friend to everyone and enemy to no one.

Nothing is less forgiven than setting Patterns Men have no mind to follow.

I grew up on Public Enemy, which had a message with great music behind it.

For me, having a balance between work and personal life is very important.

I was playing hip-hop when everybody else was playing the giant rave music.

Don't be fooled by your emptiness, there's so much more room for happiness.

Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today's media.

I don’t need the factory behind me. I just need help getting my music heard.

I've got about three or four rooms of records, and two rooms of instruments.

I think I am example for our scene, so I have to be an example for the rest.

I try to make people smile and dance, not think about things or educate them.

House Music isn't black or white. It just is. It feels good & it feels right.

Dear motorist on the information superhighway. I'm sorry I do not have a car.

I'm one of the few DJs who uses turntables. I'm the only DJ that's scratching.

Stop running to those who ignore you and start running to those who adore you.

If you want to follow your dreams, you have to say no to all the alternatives.

I got involved in 2003, 2004, with a company called Dance4Life out of Holland.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

It's impossible to recreate music from the past. Music always states the truth.

Eventually we want to do a puppet musical with turntables in the orchestra pit.

It's funny how making odd noises can get you into strange situations sometimes.

You know that we are lost when babies are addicted to drugs when they are born.

I think I will never stop working with music; it has become a part of who I am.

When I started out, I was Avici with one i. But on MySpace, that name was taken.

I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards.

My job is to be a DJ and make people dance so if people dance, I've done my job.

The hardest part for me is to finish a track. I start new projects all the time.

I'm always excited to see the reaction of the crowd when I'm playing a new song.

If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important.

When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff.

Here in America, our use of time is not harmonious with humanity's better spirit.

I do a few shows every year, but I'm mostly at home, making music. Day and night.

When I want something, I want it now, and Daft Punk taught me to be more patient.

I wear anything of culture, from the Earth or beyond. The whole planet is my shop.

You and I could paint the sky together. As the world goes by, we'll go on forever.

I just use Logic, so I need to get more keyboards and gear. I need to get my Korg.

A few guys will get up there with turntables as purists, to play vinyl or whatever.

The U.S. needs a strong techno brand like Awakenings, just pretty much pure techno.

Every day is work for me, but it's also a party. I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

I don't want to just be an artist for one country, I want to produce for the world.

I'm a computer nerd. I'm behind my computer, like, 12 hours a day making new music.

Oh how sweet to work for God all day, and then lie down at night beneath His smile.

The joy of being a broadcaster is, if you're still allowed to choose your own music.

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