It is a pleasure for me when 'Rise,' which many people loved, was covered by a famous group like IZ'ONE.
— Jonas Blue
There's benefits of having established artists on the record, Liam Payne on 'Polaroid' for example. If you look at that song you have Lennon Stella, who's an up-and-coming artist, so there's a balance on there because I still want people to focus on the song just as much as Liam being an amazing superstar.
I'm a songwriter and producer, so I'm always wanting to make my own stuff, and not use anybody else's.
When I got to high school, to be playing an instrument was really uncool.
I was never in this for the money. It's all about the passion for the music.
I prank my manager. I tell him I've lost my passport, or I've lost my case, or I hide his case. He is so gullible, he is the most gullible person ever.
I've gone through a lot of 'nos' from record labels but I've built a great team along the way and that's the best thing you can have - people around you who believe in you and drive you forward.
I stay up night after night looking at new software, seeing new trends, what music's happening you know you've just got stay constantly connected and that's just something that I do and I think is really important.
I buy new white tees pretty much every week because they fade and I like them super fresh.
Abbey Road was actually one of the first studios I ever got the chance to go to. A friend of mine won a competition and got the chance to spend a day recording there - that's when I was around 15 - and I was the only one who could engineer out of all of us.
I'm always up for collaborating with people who are slightly leftfield.
There's a lot of amazing women out there. There's a lot of hot models. But models are the worst, because they're models, you have to always step up and always look good.
I've tried to write songs that just make people feel happy and good.
It's definitely hard to have relationships. When your life moves so quickly, people generally want replies on messenger apps and sometimes I don't get back to people for two or three weeks.
At the age of 12, I got free pieces of software in a box of cereal which allowed me to make music, like really early demos, and then I just never looked back.
The 'I Wanna Dance' hook actually came to me when I was in bed and just in that lucid moment between consciousness and sleep... I jumped out of bed and recorded a voice note of the vocal hook and I went into the studio the next day fully inspired.
My family wasn't involved in music, but I love music.
I come from the streaming world, so the changing trend of consuming music that way is positive for me.
A mixer for me needs to have some sort of effects, as it's a big part of how I might hype up the crowd in certain parts of a track, using the delays and filters for instance.
Sometimes what makes a great song is that bittersweet combination - a really heartfelt song, whether good or bad, mixed with something that gets you going.
I think when 'Perfect Strangers' landed and was so well received, it was a magic moment.
But generally I think I'm a good judge of character - you have to be as a DJ to read the crowds and understand their vibes. You can use that to suss out a lot of people.
Anyone can be a DJ but it's understanding how to read a crowd and keeping them on the floor is what takes years of experience.
I played the Azteca Stadium in Mexico to 100,000 people - that's something I never thought I'd do.
I got into DJing because that was the coolest thing to do and I've never looked back.
If I could stay in a dressing gown all day I would.
People like Little Mix... they've got a big lot of choreography that they need to do so it's difficult to sing and dance at the same time. I think if they've got to do a big performance with loads of visuals behind, they need to possibly mime at some point.
The role of a DJ is being able to keep people on the floor for X amount of hours so you can't just push buttons to do that, you have to have good tracks and a knowledge of where to take people.
I've got a lot of girl mates. Especially when you come to Ibiza and you're an Ibiza DJ, everyone comes out and they want to see you.
Albums are great but for an artist like me, I don't think albums are the way to go.
The concept and vision of 'Electronic Nature' is to give my fans a fully immersive sensory experience of music, visuals and more.
I don't sing. I'm the worst singer in the world!
I am always listening to new music and reading about music.
Definitely India is one place I'd love to travel to and play.
I think some people have this thing where just because you do singles that means you're not a real artist. It's like hold on a minute - I'm selling millions of records here and been streamed billions of times... How can I not be taken as a real artist just because these songs are singles?
A turntable is the classic DJ's weapon for playing vinyl, but the mixer is the device that actually allows you to blend multiple tracks together to create a mix.
I'm a massive Justin Bieber fan. You've got be able to admit that.
I always strive to make my music unique.
The adrenaline is like nothing else. You might be tired or whatever else, but when you get on that stage and see people reacting there's nothing like it. It's a bit god-like - that feeling that nothing can feel better.
I made Fast Car just in my spare time with no real hopes for it at all.
I was a musician first of all.
I hate mess. I have the worst OCD so I'm not a hoarder of clothes.
I listen to a lot of Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Britney Spears - the songs just stick in your head and that's what I want to achieve with my music.
Especially when I finish one of my songs I play it to my friends who are just normal people and not people in the music business.
My weakness is women.
People like Sam Smith and Adele, they're album artists but for me, where I go around the world and sounds are changing so quickly, singles are the best way to get those influences out there and try new things out.
I like releasing singles because I can get them out there quickly and it's based on the changes, the sounds that are going on all around the world that I'm hearing and just a whole different bunch of influences which is sometimes hard to get across on an album because it can take a few months or a year to come along.
I kind of write in a very classic way. I sit in the piano, working on some catchy, cool melodies and coming up with song concepts for those melodies. I kind of write in a very traditional way '- how people have written since the early '40s.
DJs are the new rock stars.
I knew music was for me from an early age.
