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" Compared to EDM, I feel like there are a lot of girls at my shows. "
Kygo
I Feel
Like
Lot
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" I am proud to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. "
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" Avicii's melodies were so simple and cool, and they were actually similar to the melodies I played on piano. I thought if I could teach myself how to produce and get those melodies out of my head and into the computer, maybe I could make some cool music, too. "
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" I started studying business and finance in Edinburgh as a backup plan. I was still making music many hours a day, and when I was at university, the electronic music boom started really taking off globally. "
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" I think people were looking for something new in the EDM scene and found it in my music. "
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" Sometimes I can sit at my computer and find a cool sound, or a new synth patch, and get super-inspired by that and make a track based on that sound. But the piano is where I find the inspiration and come up with the melody. "
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" I just wanted to make melodies. I started trying to do my own thing and let the melodies make the genre themselves. "
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" When I started making my tracks in the style that people call tropical house, I didn't do it on purpose to make it sound tropical. I made whatever I felt sounded good. I just wanted to make my own thing, and then suddenly people started calling it tropical ... I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably a good name for it.' "
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" When I make a song, I'm really happy. It's an indescribable feeling. "
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Feeling
Really
Make
" If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier. "
Kygo
Face
Easier
Would
" It's kind of hard when you're on the road all the time, from one show to the next, from one hotel room to the next hotel room, it's kind of hard to think about everything. "
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Kind
Hotel
Think
" My biggest influence growing up was Avicii, who put me onto creating the sorts of melodies that feature throughout my songs today. "
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Me
Growing Up
Up
" When I get up there, maybe I'm nervous for the first song, but then I get into it. It's a lot of fun to stand up there. I always enjoy the moment when I'm actually standing on stage. When I'm done, I'm like, 'Oh, I want to play one more song.' "
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Song
Stand
Fun
" I just like playing songs with happy vibes and good feelings. "
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Just
Vibes
Happy
" I feel like music can affect you in so many ways. When you hear a song with a happy melody, it can change your mood; it can change your day. "
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You
Happy
Music
" I get better and better every day, but there is still a lot to learn. "
Kygo
Better
Still
Learn
" People don't really listen to albums anymore. They just find good songs. "
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Songs
Good
Just
" I always knew I wanted to create original material, and after having meetings with all sorts of record labels, I decided that Sony was the right place to do it. They knew what I wanted to make and gave me the freedom to express myself. "
Kygo
Me
Freedom
Myself
" When I am back home, I have an upright piano and I play constantly. "
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Play
I Am Back
I Am
" I think my music covers a broader sound than just 'Tropical House'... My goal is to simply be a great producer in my own right without being pigeonholed. "
Kygo
Great
House
Music
" Edinburgh is where I started. A lot of the remixes I made were done in my room there, and it was a good place for me to make music. "
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Good
Done
Started
" I get a lot of demos sent my way, and I listen to them, and sometimes they just have something very special. "
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Way
Sometimes
Special
" It was the fans sharing my music around that started it all for me. "
Kygo
Sharing
Music
Started
" It's kind of crazy to see how many people actually listen to my music. "
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See
Kind
Listen
" To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert - that feels really good. "
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Piano
Concert
Good
" It's a cool feeling to see how far my music has been spreading. "
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How Far
Cool
See
" Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented. "
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Find
Talented
Huge
" I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ. "
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Myself
" 2015 has been a crazy year for me, and Spotify have supported me right from the start. It's an honour to be their Breakout Artist of the year, and I'm super excited to see what we can do together in 2016! "
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Together
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Artist
" The difference between doing a remix and an original track is that when you do a remix, you obviously already have the original track as a starting point. But with the originals you start from scratch. "
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You
Start
Difference