Jonas Blue Quotes

Jonas Blue

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 2, 1989

Anyone can be a DJ but it's understanding how to read a crowd and keeping them on the floor is what takes years of experience.

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I am always listening to new music and reading about music.

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There's benefits of having established artists on the record, Liam Payne on 'Polaroid' for example. If you look at that song you have Lennon Stella, who's an up-and-coming artist, so there's a balance on there because I still want people to focus on the song just as much as Liam being an amazing superstar.

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When I was seven years old I played the flute, then by 11 I quit being a musician and got into Djing.

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I've always wanted to be a star.

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I don't drink or party. There's literally no time for that. As soon as I finish a show, I go straight back to the hotel room, do emails, I sleep, that's it.

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I try to find very simplistic melodies, which are the hardest ones to create.

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I don't get along with many people, especially in studios. I'm quite blunt and I know what I want - and songwriters are very sensitive people.

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It's the worst feeling, going into your record label when you haven't got a hit. It was like: 'Maybe you've lost it.' And, once you're done, that's it. There's no support, or anyone to help you.

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I'm a little bit of a show-off; I just wanted to get girls and be popular.

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I saw school as a business and, once I had got what I needed out of it, I left.

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I've always wanted to collaborate with Shawn Mendes, he's an amazing artist, but the thing with Shawn is that I won't collaborate... me just sending some beats. It has to be in the studio where we'd both be there recording together.

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If I'm honest, I never knew 'Fast Car' was going to be my first single.

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The one thing about Essex is that there's a lot of people there that are into their soul music. And I'm talking '80s and '70s soul music, that was a big part of my childhood, there was Al Green, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, people like that.

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At times, for sure, I do love a party. However, I do love going back to my room and putting on 'Only Fools And Horses' and having a cup of tea.

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I think the best thing about performing as producer is to hear the fans sing along with your tunes.

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As much my music is dance music, it is also pop.

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The focus is on melody: If you get it right, and it connects to the mass audience, it doesn't matter if it's a studio album or played on the dance floor.

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My version of 'Fast Car' is in the same key as the original. To me that is where all the emotion lies.

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I've been writing since I was 12 years old.

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