Steve Aoki

I never cake someone who doesn't want to be caked - at least, I try not to. Sometimes I miss my target.…

— Steve Aoki

When I perform, I don’t think about the haters, the Internet trolls, or anyone else. I care about giving the person in…

— Steve Aoki

“Remember, you can't engineer genuine. You can only be genuine.”

— Steve Aoki

When I work with artists, I give them a general guideline of what my vision is. Then they're going to speak their…

— Steve Aoki

Im 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account.

— Steve Aoki

Artists are creating their own genre sound, and other artists are building upon that sound and already creating a huge subculture created…

— Steve Aoki

I like looking at a future where we're expanding our creativity and brightening our lives. I believe that eventually we'll get to…

— Steve Aoki

I'm 36, but I still feel like a punk kid with $200 in my savings account.

— Steve Aoki

To come out here and play on Woodstock grounds, first year ever headlining on the main stage there's nothing more iconic. [Mysteryland]…

— Steve Aoki

No matter what I do, I can't help but feel that I'm under a microscope. Some of it is completely silly, and…

— Steve Aoki

I feel pretty comfortable in front of a camera.

— Steve Aoki

I always tell up-and-coming DJs you have to really love what you do and find that interest to drive you. It requires…

— Steve Aoki

There's a big gaping hole in the EDM space for songwriting. It's one thing to learn how to be a great sound…

— Steve Aoki

The ephemeral part of this work is that in music production, the sounds evolve so much faster than it used to, which…

— Steve Aoki

My first job was working at Benihana as kitchen help. In college, I was a telemarketer for a company at the same…

— Steve Aoki

My life, I swear, is, like, 75% public. I have a very small percentage of my life that is private. But I…

— Steve Aoki

I wasn't sheltered or spoiled. All the money I made, I made myself.

— Steve Aoki

Dance music is my love, is my passion, is my life. I live for my fans and take my art very seriously.

— Steve Aoki

Artists have so much more control of their futures - they don't need to rely so much on major labels or big…

— Steve Aoki

I started using a raft at my shows in 2009, and in 2011, I started caking people.

— Steve Aoki

The record labels used to spend money on advertising, and social media has replaced that entirely - it's putting magazines out of…

— Steve Aoki

When I'm at a show, I'm there to have fun. Let's just not care for a moment. So this cake in your…

— Steve Aoki

At my shows, I want to be totally sharp and focused on every single song, on every single thing that I do,…

— Steve Aoki

Being a musician since I was a teen, Guitar Center is the staple. You need anything to create, it's there. You need…

— Steve Aoki

Self-discovery is so important in identity processing: who you hang out with, what clothes you wear, what shows you see. As a…

— Steve Aoki