Top 30 Jax Jones Quotes

When you’re living off a 1 packet of pasta a day you know you need to get a break because you certainly can’t go on like that for ever!

I think in my mum’s house, I still have my revision notes from my GCSE anthology book!

There’s a record I have that I really want to get to Sam Smith!

I use fitness as a grounding tool to keep me balanced; nutrition is the same, to keep me at optimum levels.

At heart I’m a hip-hop kid and an R&B kid, but I’ve always had an appreciation for club culture and dance music.

My mum didn’t want me to really pursue music in the beginning, but I’m a classically trained guitarist because of her.

If I’m gonna make a dancehall record, I’m gonna reference the best dancehall that I know – even if it might just be super underground, but I know it’s quality.

Usually, my sets are a combination of what I love, what everyone loves; some classics, some new stuff and a couple of exclusives here and there.

I’ve tried to do stuff with personal trainers but I don’t want to see anyone when I’m exercising.

I just like to take my time.

The second track I made was the record ‘I Got U,’ which ended up becoming the Duke Dumont single with me featuring. It changed my life.

I was trying to do my own version of ‘Cha-Cha Slide.’ I was hoping someone, just someone, please dance to this song. It started to happen at my shows; the front row fans started doing the dance.

I’m essentially starting at the bottom of the food chain and playing the small clubs and intimate shows.

Mabel is wicked. We come at music from different angles and are both into some different stuff so when we got in together, it was really refreshing to approach the session with different music in mind.

The Brixton rap scene is big – there are plenty of people to work with – but at the same time, I did find myself getting caught up in weird stuff.

Someone once asked me to do a video asking a girl out for them, I wasn’t sure if that was appropriate, but I did it anyway. I hope it was a success!

This track with Jess Glynne, it’s a whopper! It’s a big one. ‘One Touch’ is a really special song! It’s the best of Jess Glynne and the best of Jax Jones.

My step dad’s from Nigeria, so he listened to Highlife music from Africa. He was also into hip-hop and R&B, and from that, I started to listen to music from his collection and liking it, developing my own taste.

I just love to see the crowd reactions when I drop certain songs. There’s some songs that you just know are going to pull out some serious emotions with people, and I love seeing that.

When you’re in that position where you have nothing left to lose then you won’t take no for an answer, you just can’t.

Getting to connect with new people in new parts of the world every week is a blessing, and when the crowd and music is right, nothing can replace that feeling.

Nothing says summer to me more than Notting Hill Carnival.

There’s definitely crazy waste in the world.

My parents are super-traditional. To them, any career in the arts – they just wouldn’t have it.

I mean Calvin Harris needs to holla for sure. But would also love to get Khalid or Kehlani on a record.

I first started coming to Ibiza as a DJ; my debut set was at Sankeys with Duke Dumont. I wasn’t really in the clubs, though, to be honest – I was mainly in the studio working.

Obviously, everyone wants to work with Rihanna so that would be amazing. Maybe Drake or even DJ Khaled? I’m dreaming big!

I was pretty smart in school in terms of grades and stuff. I just got the bug to do music.

Demi Lovato being on a record with Stefflon Don is not something you can just make up. It sounds weird, and to me, that’s exciting. I want to keep doing that.

My job as a DJ and a producer is just to have a big encyclopedia in my head.