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" I get inspired by a lot of different stuff. My father is a huge music fan. "
Kygo
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" When I'm on the road and it's super stressful, it definitely affects my music. When I'm hanging out with my friends and my girlfriend and things are good in my life, then it's better. "
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" People don't really listen to albums anymore. They just find good songs. "
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" Compared to EDM, I feel like there are a lot of girls at my shows. "
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" Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented. "
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" When I travel too much, it affects the music, and that is the most important thing. As long as I make good music, I can play shows, but if the music starts getting bad, the show offers won't come. "
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" I started taking piano lessons from the age of six years old. It's such an essential part of what I do in the production process. I wouldn't be Kygo today without those piano lessons. "
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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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" 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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" 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 go into a store and find a T-shirt that's well-designed with a great fabric but the fit is all wrong, the T-shirt is ruined for me. "
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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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" 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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" I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ. "
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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
" 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
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" I love finding talents to pair my music with such as Conrad on 'Firestone', Parson James with 'Stole the Show,' and Will Heard on 'Nothing Left.' "
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Finding
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" SiriusXM has had my back ever since day one when I was making remixes in my dorm room at university, and it means a lot that they're supporting my music as I prepare to release my debut album, 'Cloud Nine.' "
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" There's just a completely different vibe at festivals. Everyone gets to hang out and enjoy their favorite music all day. I really do try and play as many festivals as possible! "
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Day
Enjoy
Festivals
" I am proud to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. "
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Prize
Am
Concert
" I just want to keep challenging myself and keep, like, trying new things. "
Kygo
Trying
Myself
New
" I get better and better every day, but there is still a lot to learn. "
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Better
Still
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" 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. "
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" I've been a sports fan forever. "
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Forever
" 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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" I guess the biggest thing I had to get used to was people staring. At first it was like, 'Am I wearing something odd? Is there something on my face?' It was kind of weird because when I go to the grocery store, people, they're not necessarily coming up to me asking for a photo, they just... look at me. "
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Kind
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" I do have in the back of my head that you never know how long it lasts. "
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Back
Head
Long
" If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier. "
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Face
Easier
Would
" When I am back home, I have an upright piano and I play constantly. "
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" 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. "
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