Kygo Quotes
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I've been a sports fan forever.
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I started studying business and finance in Edinburgh as a backup plan. I was still making music many hours a day, and when I was at university, the electronic music boom started really taking off globally.
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A lot of producers don't have any musical education. I couldn't make the music I make without playing the piano.
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I think my music covers a broader sound than just 'Tropical House'... My goal is to simply be a great producer in my own right without being pigeonholed.
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I'm always looking to develop my sound and I'm in the studio whenever I have the time to do this. Always looking ahead!
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I don't want to make just tropical house. I want to make everything, just like, whatever I feel like making.
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I want to be known simply as a producer who makes music.
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I'm so happy people have enjoyed listening to my tracks.
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I really do try and play as many festivals as possible.
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I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my career.
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If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier.
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I like to try to keep my music happy because it can make other people happy. And that's the way I feel when I listen to Avicii's songs. I get happy because his melodies are so happy.
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I've been so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with some incredibly talented vocalists, guitarists and producers, and I can't wait to share more originals in the future.
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I'm just trying to experiment with a lot of different stuff and see what comes out of it.
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I guess the biggest thing I had to get used to was people staring. At first it was like, 'Am I wearing something odd? Is there something on my face?' It was kind of weird because when I go to the grocery store, people, they're not necessarily coming up to me asking for a photo, they just... look at me.
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I really like streaming services. It's a great way for people to find your music.
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Sometimes I can sit at my computer and find a cool sound, or a new synth patch, and get super-inspired by that and make a track based on that sound. But the piano is where I find the inspiration and come up with the melody.
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If you do the same thing all the time, it's not very challenging.
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I just wanted to make melodies. I started trying to do my own thing and let the melodies make the genre themselves.
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When I travel too much, it affects the music, and that is the most important thing. As long as I make good music, I can play shows, but if the music starts getting bad, the show offers won't come.
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While I was born in Singapore, I didn't actually grow up here. So I don't remember all that much.
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I've really enjoyed working together with Apple to help launch their new streaming service. It is really cool to see Apple getting involved.
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When I am back home, I have an upright piano and I play constantly.
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All my collaborations happen in different ways. Sometimes it's through a chance meeting at a festival or event, while others can happen just off the back of me liking their music and reaching out.