A lot of work and thinking goes into my DJing. I want the entire night to progress seamlessly and when I have to adapt the energy on the fly for the crowd on any given night, I can do so with harmonic mixes that I've practiced over and over again. I am far from the only DJ that does this and it's something I take pride in being able to do.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the effort and skill required in DJing to create a seamless experience for the audience.
Avicii highlights the meticulous thought and preparation that goes into his performances as a DJ. He conveys the importance of being able to read the crowd and adapt the music dynamically, showcasing the artistry involved in creating a cohesive and energetic atmosphere through practiced harmonic mixing.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a music industry conference to illustrate the dedication of artists.
I love finding out-of-the-box inspirations and blending them with what I've done in the past. And when I started to experiment with genres, it didn't sound forced. Maybe that's because it's all music that I listened to growing up, and it's all music that I love.
If 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.
Life's a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.
I don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before. I try to make music that I like and I trust my own judgement with what will work with a wider audience. If you compare yourself to the charts, you lose perspective on what you're doing and why you're doing it.
Often as a poet I find that I am somewhat outside an experience I want to hold onto, consciously taking mental notes or writing them down in my journal - for fear that I will forget. It's not unlike being on a trip and taking pictures, your face behind a camera the whole time - the entire experience mediated by a lens.
I began writing when I was still in the British Foreign Service, and it was then understood that even if you wrote about butterfly collecting, you used another name.
I don't think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.
You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy.
There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.
Stories helped me unite parts of my existence that might otherwise have seemed irrevocably split by geography and time. And stories helped me find a future in which I, such a mongrel, could be comfortable.
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