67 Quotes by Avicii

I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.

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.

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.

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

I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.

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.

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.

When I started out, I was Avici with one i. But on MySpace, that name was taken.

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.