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Avicii

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 8, 1989

I'm a DJ. I get the party started.

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There'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.

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A friend of mine told me a bunch of stuff on Buddhism and about Avicii being the lowest level of Buddhist hell, and it just sort of got stuck in my head. Later on when I went to setup a MySpace, I tried a bunch of names and they were all taken so I just kind of ended up with Avicii and then I got really attached to it.

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It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.

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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.

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For me there are two types of country: There's the shoot-yourself-in-the-head country, and then there's really good country music.

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I 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.

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I love DJing, I do. I love everything that comes with it; it's fun and it's kind of glamorous.

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I 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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When 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.

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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.

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I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.

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I've always been a producer - that's how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way for me to be able to perform.

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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.

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I've always worn a lot of Ralph Lauren, and plaid shirts in general have been a signature piece for me. With plaid, you can look super-relaxed or you can look a bit dressed up.

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Dance music is like a virus: it has affected so many different genres.

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I guess I think like deep inside, I know that it's like, it's a different kind of performing, it's not really... You're not performing like a guitar player or a singer is performing, you know what I mean? So it's weird to be in the same type setup as one of those. 'Cause I'm not really doing much, you know, like technically it's not that hard.

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I 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.

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I would never lay down a pre-programmed set and perform to a pre-mixed CD; I would never cheat my fans like that.

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I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I'm not that good at writing lyrics. I bounce those back and forth with songwriters or someone who can sing.

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