Kygo Quotes
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I called it 'Cloud 9' because that's the place I want to take people when they are listening to my music. It's also where I am when I make music.
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I am proud to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
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To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert - that feels really good.
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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 don't want to make just tropical house. I want to make everything, just like, whatever I feel like making.
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When I'm on the road and it's super stressful, it definitely affects my music. When I'm hanging out with my friends and my girlfriend and things are good in my life, then it's better.
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It's kind of hard when you're on the road all the time, from one show to the next, from one hotel room to the next hotel room, it's kind of hard to think about everything.
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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 just trying to experiment with a lot of different stuff and see what comes out of it.
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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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If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier.
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I want to be known simply as a producer who makes music.
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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'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 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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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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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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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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Compared to EDM, I feel like there are a lot of girls at my shows.
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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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The opportunity to be a part of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio is a huge milestone in my career, and it will be the biggest performance of my life.