Kygo

Making music all the time was my dream.

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I like bringing keyboards and stuff on stage.

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I really like melodies.

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I've been a sports fan forever.

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There's nothing like playing at home.

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

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What I really enjoy and what I do in the studio is play keyboard.

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

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

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I hate being put in a box labelled 'tropical house.'

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

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

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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…

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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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A lot of producers don't have any musical education. I couldn't make the music I make without playing the piano.

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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…

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I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my…

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

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I like to try to keep my music happy because it can make other people happy. And that's the way I feel…

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I find inspiration in what artists and regular people on the street wear, but I'm also very influenced by what I like…

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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…

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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…

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I don't really know too many designers. I like a lot of what Kanye West has done with Yeezy, but I think…

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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…

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Edinburgh has a similar climate to Bergen - it's very rainy and grey. There were a lot of days I'd sit inside…

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Avicii's melodies were so simple and cool, and they were actually similar to the melodies I played on piano. I thought if…

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Sometimes I can sit at my computer and find a cool sound, or a new synth patch, and get super-inspired by that…

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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…

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It's a cool feeling to see how far my music has been spreading.

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If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier.

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It was the fans sharing my music around that started it all for me.

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I really do try and play as many festivals as possible.

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

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

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When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.

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

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Lemaitre has been one of my inspirations ever since I started making music.

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I think people were looking for something new in the EDM scene and found it in my music.

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When I am back home, I have an upright piano and I play constantly.

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