Become Quote by Armin van Buuren

I grew up hip-hop dancing; I've always wanted to create music that I could dance to.

— Hayley Kiyoko

From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it.

— Beth Orton

I started off in dance. That was actually my first passion, which introduced me to music, which people don't really know.

— Normani Kordei

I come up short when I create music I don't like. The goal isn't to get into it to be famous; the goal is…

— Nikka Costa

When I first started to do music, I was kind of doing what I thought people would want me to do.

— Lil Nas X

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

— Ravi Shankar

I don't even know what made me start wanting to do music. It just... happened. Because I sat in my basement all the time,…

— Clinton Sparks

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

— Amy Lee

Obviously, with me being a DJ, I have a love for music. One day I was like, 'OK. I'm tired of playing everybody else's…

— Andre Drummond

I gave up that idea of trying to make music that I thought other people would want. I just made music for myself and…

— Daniel Powter

I've never stopped making new music, and whether the audience wants to hear it or not, I'm going to play it. Because I'm an…

— Peter Frampton

I realized the more I made the music for myself, the more successful I was becoming.

— Daniel Powter