Doing Quote by Takeoff

I watched my idol and fellow Dutchman Tiesto. He was the first DJ to play live on stage at an Olympic event - the…

— Martin Garrix

Honestly, before I settled on a name for the Bon Iver project in general, Chigliak was in the running for what I was going…

— Justin Vernon

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…

— Martin Garrix

I grew up listening to a lot of Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Devo, all that stuff.

— Sir Mix-a-Lot

DJ Tiesto was my first inspiration. I heard him play at the Olympics in 2004 and from that moment on I knew I wanted…

— Martin Garrix

In the early eighties, there were a lot of artists involved with the music scene. All those young artists, before their careers took off,…

— Kim Gordon

At rehearsals, I began conducting the band, counting them in without thinking. I guess it came from watching salsa legends like my uncle and…

— Little Louie Vega

Being a New Yorker, I used to dance to Latin music. There was a place called the Palladium on Broadway. And Tito Puente and…

— Neil Sedaka

I was a musician first, the whole DJ-ing came after.

— Bonobo

The hard part was when I went into the studio with co-producer Eric Broucek, and he started slashing my demos. I always sweat that.

— Britta Phillips

I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.

— Jeff Ament

My father was a studio musician, played for a lot of people like Frank Zappa and a lot of R&B bands, and was always…

— Synyster Gates