Avicii, who was actually Tim Bergling, is a Swedish musician, producer, DJ and songwriter. Avicii was 16 when he started sharing remixes via forums, which eventually led to him launching his first record label. Avicii, who died in 2018, had retired from music due to stress. His final album, “Avicii”, was released in 2019.
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Below are 37 inspirational quotes from Avicii
1. “If there is love in this life, we’re unstoppable.” – Avicii
2. “Life’s a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.” – Avicii
3. “It’s hard – some people get inspired by a feeling, but I’m mostly inspired by melodies.” – Avicii
4. “To me, I’m always trying to look for the energy.” – Avicii
5. “I would never lay down a pre-programmed set and perform to a pre-mixed CD; I would never cheat my fans like that.” – Avicii
6. “Your whole life has been building up to this moment. You have lived your whole life building to this moment. Every dream that moved you, every scar improved you, every voice around you tells you to believe.” – Avicii
7. “If I wanted to make a quick buck, there are far easier ways of doing it. My goal is to inspire people. You can rewrite old songs to make a hit song. It might have been proven to work, but you won’t be remembered the same way.” – Avicii
8. “I love DJing, I do. I love everything that comes with it; it’s fun and it’s kind of glamorous.” – Avicii
9. “I always just sit down at the piano and make the main hook – what I want the track to be about melodically – and then I’ll build everything else around that. But growing up, I did not play any instruments.” – Avicii
10. “When I die, people will remember me for the life I lived, not for the money I made.” – Avicii
11. “I can’t tell where the journey will end, but I know where to start” – Avicii
12. “Wake me up when it’s all over – when I’m wiser and I’m older. All this time I was finding myself and I didn’t know I was lost.” – Avicii
13. “A lot of work and thinking goes into my DJing. I want the entire night to progress seamlessly and when I have to adapt the energy on the fly for the crowd on any given night, I can do so with harmonic mixes that I’ve practiced over and over again. I am far from the only DJ that does this and its something I take pride in being able to do.” – Avicii
14. “Dance music is like a virus, it has affected so many different genres.” – Avicii
15. “I’m good at melody – I’ll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I’m not that good at writing lyrics. I bounce those back and forth with songwriters or someone who can sing.” – Avicii
16. “I feel fortunate that I’ve been surrounded by so many good people and my manager, and everyone who I’ve worked with has been with me from the start, and I think that’s really important.” – Avicii
17. “I tried carrying the weight of the world. But I only have two hands.” – Avicii
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19. “I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.” – Avicii
20. “I have a hard time writing music when I’m on tour.” – Avicii
21. “I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.” – Avicii
22. “I don’t really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I’ve done before. I make music I love and trust my instincts to know what will appeal to a wider audience. If you compare yourself to the charts, you lose perspective on what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.” – Avicii
23. “When I started out, I was Avici with one ‘i’. But on MySpace, that name was taken.” – Avicii
24. “Figure out what you’re most passionate about in life and what you’re good at. And the mixture between those two and then you should give it your all, all the time.” – Avicii
25. “I’ve always been a producer – that’s how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way for me to be able to perform.” – Avicii
26. “I have always been mainstream. It is so weird because I don’t see it as something negative at all. So many people see it as something negative.” – Avicii
27. “I’m a DJ. I get the party started.” – Avicii
28. “I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.” – Avicii
29. “I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and ’60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me into KISS and whatnot, so I guess that’s where I got my first taste for music.” – Avicii
30. “I admire the old legendary songwriters.” – Avicii
31. “I love finding out-of-the-box inspirations and blending them with what I’ve done in the past. And when I started to experiment with genres, it didn’t sound forced. Maybe that’s because it’s all music that I listened to growing up, and it’s all music that I love.” – Avicii
32. “I’ve always worn a lot of Ralph Lauren, and plaid shirts in general have been a signature piece for me. With plaid, you can look super-relaxed or you can look a bit dressed up.” – Avicii
33. “It has to be something that feels right.” – Avicii
34. “One day you’ll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember.” – Avicii
35. “Lyrics are important, but it’s hard because English isn’t my first language – although it feels like it is these days! I grew up with amazing melodies, so getting that right on a song has always been the key thing for me, but there’s no reason why a great melody doesn’t deserve great lyrics.” – Avicii
36. “When I met Ash, he just took it to a whole another level. His help was invaluable and he helped me to build my career. And I wouldn’t be here without that.” – Avicii
37. “Love is where the heart is.” – Avicii
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