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" I wanted to have a label to not only release my own stuff but to also give young talent a chance to release their music without signing away their life. I had a great time with Spinnin', and the people I worked with were amazing, but the contract wasn't really for me. It wasn't what I wanted. "

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" Radio helps you break into a whole different audience. Radio has so much power. And that's my mission: to not only break into the EDM audience, but to break also into the mainstream audience. "

Martin Garrix

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Audience

Mission

" I'm always excited to see the reaction of the crowd when I'm playing a new song. "

" I'm a computer nerd. I'm behind my computer, like, 12 hours a day making new music. "

" I'm just having fun. I go in the studio, and I have no idea what I'm going to do, what I'm going to make. I'm going to make whatever I feel like making. "

" I love decompressing with friends. Sometimes when a tour is long, I'll fly friends over for the last part of the tour. I love to bring family with me, and spending time with them and my family is really the way to decompress. "

" Of course I would love to have another track as big as 'Animals,' but 'Animals' became big also because of luck, the timing, and hype. "

" I want to show everyone that if you pursue your dreams, they can come true no matter what. That's what I want to do. "

" I want to produce more number one hits but not follow trends blindly! What I really hope to achieve in the long-term is to get that cross-over status such as Calvin Harris and Avicii. I'd love to be a household name in pop music. "

" I want to learn how to do balloon art and make dolphins. "

" I get to travel the world doing what I love to do - making other people happy... They might not even understand my words, but the one thing everybody understands is music. "

" It's great to surprise people. If you do the same thing all over again, which people expect you to do, they're going to get bored. "

" The bigger your songs get, the bigger the festivals you play at will be, until you make it to Ultra. It happened super quick for me. I'm still in shock, actually. I have to pinch myself a lot. "

" I think it's difficult to say what exactly made me become a successful DJ. It depends on so many different things. If I were given an award, I would thank my family, friends, Tiesto and the great team behind me for all their support and hard work. Without them, I wouldn't be where I am today. "

Martin Garrix

Hard Work

Family

" For me, I don't feel all the pressure. I make music, and I release it because I like it myself and I want my friends to hear it from me. "

Martin Garrix

Friends

Myself

" The first day I'm back from a tour, I have dinner with my parents. I sleep in my old bed. It's amazing. "

" I'm very positive - music-wise, production-wise and life-wise. "

Martin Garrix

Positive

Very

" I like myself still kind of being... because DJs used to be the background guy - the guy who was just doing the music - I see myself more as that guy than being on the stage. "

" Education is a cause very close to me. What matters is encouraging my fans to focus on their education, because only an educated generation can ensure a better future. Even when I was on tour, I did my homework and studied. "

" I love Deadmau5 as a producer, as a person. He's super interesting. He's very funny to follow on social media. But as a producer, he gets every single credit I can give him. He's nuts. "

" I would love to work with Pharrell one day. Like, my biggest dream. "

Martin Garrix

Work

One Day

" Using social media to hurt and destroy is callous, acted out by cowards hiding behind computers. My advice is to ignore negativity. Focus on the love around. "

" I played the Spanish guitar for eight years, like flamenco. "

Martin Garrix

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Guitar

" I will never, never ever sing on stage, but when I'm in the studio, I do sing melody lines. When I'm working with singer-songwriters, and I hear melodies, I can guide them. I will be like, 'Oh no, do this this this.' But you will never hear my voice on a Martin Garrix track. "

" The hardest part for me is to finish a track. I start new projects all the time. "