Top 40 Martin Garrix Quotes

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

Of course I party. Of course I go chase girls. Again, for me, balance is important. One hundred per cent, my work goes first. Martin Garrix is my main priority. But to maintain Martin Garrix, I have to enjoy my downtime.

There’s so much more that I want to do. Of course it’s great what has happened so far: Ultra, Coachella, EDC. But still, production-wise and show-wise, I’d love to play a show at Madison Square Garden. Stuff like that is beyond my imagination.

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.

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.

I didn’t start my label out of a business perspective. I did it because I wanted to create a platform where new musicians can have the chance to get into a studio, work with each other, and get their music noticed by a large audience.

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.

Tiesto is legend. I’ve been in the studio many times. We did a tour together; I jumped onstage with him, he jumped onstage with me. Still, every time, I have to pinch myself and realize this is the guy who made me start doing what I’m doing right now.

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.

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 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’m not sure if I’ll make the Europeans feel bad, but I’ll say it like this: The U.S. crowd is even better than the European crowd.

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.

I think I will never stop working with music; it has become a part of who I am.

I watched my idol and fellow Dutchman Tiesto. He was the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic event – the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. At eight years old, all I can remember thinking was, ‘I want to be a DJ.’

When I was nine, ten, I was super young, but I installed a program on my computer so I could start producing music. I just started messing around. Then, after a couple of years, I got better. I actually learned some tricks, so I knew what I was doing instead of just messing.

I always try to evolve my sound – innovate, improve, be different but still Martin Garrix. It all starts with an idea in my head, which I work on until it starts to shape itself into a track.

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

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.

I love Disclosure. Dillon Francis. Bauuer. Flosstradamus. I listen to a lot of different genres.

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.

Guetta, in general, what he did for the entire industry, same as Tiesto, same as Daft Punk, they paved the way for us. If Guetta didn’t exist, ‘Animals’ would have never been played on the radio. Because of people like him and Avicii. But mainly Guetta.

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.

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 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.

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

When I come up with a melody in my head, it could be anywhere: in the shower, on the plane, in bed – often when I’m on the go. I’ll record it on my phone with my own voice, humming. When I get to the studio, I check which melodies work.

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 was really young when I signed with Spinnin’ Records, and the huge success of ‘Animals’ hit me by surprise. I didn’t expect my life to turn like that at all. But it was a very welcome surprise, to say the least!

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

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.

Food-wise, I’m trying to eat a lot of fruits. I take vitamin pills. For me, that’s helpful. Luckily, if I don’t go to the gym for two weeks, I’m not feeling it yet, but everybody is warning me, ‘Just wait a few more years. You’ll feel it.’

I’m very positive – music-wise, production-wise and life-wise.

For me, having a balance between work and personal life is very important.

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

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.

When ‘Animals’ released, I still had one year left in school, so it was, like, super weird. I had number one in the U.K., and I would still go to school five days a week. They made, like, a schedule when I could tour and when I had to be home for tests. But my team made it happen. My parents, they helped as well.

It doesn’t matter how tired I am; I will always still be happy. As soon as you go onstage, you get adrenaline. You hear the crowd: they’re screaming your name. They have posters. The energy gives you energy.

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