Jonas Blue Quotes

Jonas Blue

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 2, 1989

I come from a songwriter background, so essentially with my music, I'm trying to make songs that will last a lifetime and although 'Fast Car' was a cover, it reflects what I'm trying to do.

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Trying to write new music is definitely daunting, but I try not to overthink it.

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The concept of 'Blue' is to transport its listeners to a different world with music. And I chose to release a full-length album because it enables me to experiment with many different production styles, not just a single sound, and take listeners on a journey.

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It's great to see Latino music coming to the mainstream, but at the same time, there are also a lot more styles to explore: African music, Indian music, Chinese music.

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My music is very global.

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I grew up with all different genres of music, and I want to include that in my production as well.

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Well after 'Fast Car' was so huge, everyone was asking me, 'What's the next song?' At the time I just had ideas I was working on, but it was very clear I needed to finish another song ASAP, and that's how 'Perfect Strangers' came about.

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To be honest, I'm like a sponge so my inspiration and influences really can come from anywhere.

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Obviously the music I listened to growing up helped create my musical pallet. My parents were into pop, soul, disco, RNB, Latin, jazz and Middle Eastern music.

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I love touring, it gives me the ability to see the world and meet some amazing people who are into my music.

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What is pop music? It's not a genre. It's just the music that is popular at a given point in time.

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Instead of the Beatles and the Stones, my mum and dad were listening to Michael Jackson, Barry White.

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I know it sounds weird for a 12-year-old to say that he wants to start writing songs, but that's what happened.

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Even when I'm travelling - which is when I do most of my writing - I have a little portable keyboard.

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I find in America, actually, I actually prefer it because it's all about energy. It's all about making everyone feel happy and smiling. In the U.K. sometimes people are a bit too concerned about, 'Did you play that track? Did you play that track?' It's not so much about the music in the U.K.

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Before I hit any country I always do my research. I look at what's on the chart there, what's worked in the last few years. As a deejay, as a producer, that's when I get editing. I bring my own edits of tracks that are really cool and happening out there.

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I'm really not one of those deejays who go, 'I play music that I like.' I play it for the crowd. I believe that's what a deejay should do.

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That's the whole part about being a deejay: You've got to make sure you are prepared. At the end of the day, you do have your genre - house music, dance music - but there are many different ways of playing that.

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I try and have two to four days a month to just be at home.

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I was a bit of a hot head when I was younger so I used to burn a lot of bridges.

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