Top 45 Kygo Quotes

I find inspiration in what artists and regular people on the street wear, but I’m also very influenced by what I like to wear since I style myself.

I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don’t want to be known as just a ‘remix artist’ for the rest of my career.

Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented.

I’ve really enjoyed working together with Apple to help launch their new streaming service. It is really cool to see Apple getting involved.

I get better and better every day, but there is still a lot to learn.

The opportunity to be a part of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio is a huge milestone in my career, and it will be the biggest performance of my life.

I didn’t think it was cool for me to walk around with a huge Kygo logo on myself.

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.

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.

I’m just trying to experiment with a lot of different stuff and see what comes out of it.

I like bringing keyboards and stuff on stage.

I don’t like to classify my own tracks as a genre.

I’m so happy people have enjoyed listening to my tracks.

I really like melodies.

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.

To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert – that feels really good.

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.

‘Coming Over’ was probably the fastest collaboration I’ve ever done.

There’s nothing like playing at home.

I don’t really know too many designers. I like a lot of what Kanye West has done with Yeezy, but I think it’s a bit too, how you say, elevated; it’s a little bit too special. Like he’s trying to make something that’s kind of a little bit too cool sometimes.

If you do the same thing all the time, it’s not very challenging.

I just want to keep challenging myself and keep, like, trying new things.

I really like streaming services. It’s a great way for people to find your music.

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.

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.

While I was born in Singapore, I didn’t actually grow up here. So I don’t remember all that much.

Coldplay doesn’t have to stay within a certain genre; they just go where they go.

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.

I just wanted to make melodies. I started trying to do my own thing and let the melodies make the genre themselves.

I get inspired by a lot of different stuff. My father is a huge music fan.

I don’t want to make just tropical house. I want to make everything, just like, whatever I feel like making.

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.’

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.

I just like playing songs with happy vibes and good feelings.

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.’

People don’t really listen to albums anymore. They just find good songs.

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.’

I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ.

I am proud to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

All my collaborations happen in different ways. Sometimes it’s through a chance meeting at a festival or event, while others can happen just off the back of me liking their music and reaching out.

When I make a song, I’m really happy. It’s an indescribable feeling.

I like to try to keep my music happy because it can make other people happy. And that’s the way I feel when I listen to Avicii’s songs. I get happy because his melodies are so happy.

Compared to EDM, I feel like there are a lot of girls at my shows.

I’ve been so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with some incredibly talented vocalists, guitarists and producers, and I can’t wait to share more originals in the future.

It’s kind of crazy to see how many people actually listen to my music.