When I get up there, maybe I'm nervous for the first song, but then I get into it. It's a lot of fun to stand up there. I always enjoy the moment when I'm actually standing on stage. When I'm done, I'm like, 'Oh, I want to play one more song.'
— Kygo
I feel like when I get the demos - I get a lot of demos - but when I get the right demo, I get very inspired. I produce around it, and it often goes very fast.
When I started making my tracks in the style that people call tropical house, I didn't do it on purpose to make it sound tropical. I made whatever I felt sounded good. I just wanted to make my own thing, and then suddenly people started calling it tropical ... I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably a good name for it.'
When I'm on the road and it's super stressful, it definitely affects my music. When I'm hanging out with my friends and my girlfriend and things are good in my life, then it's better.
I really do try and play as many festivals as possible.
I feel like music can affect you in so many ways. When you hear a song with a happy melody, it can change your mood; it can change your day.
People don't really listen to albums anymore. They just find good songs.
Edinburgh is where I started. A lot of the remixes I made were done in my room there, and it was a good place for me to make music.
I've been a sports fan forever.
I love finding talents to pair my music with such as Conrad on 'Firestone', Parson James with 'Stole the Show,' and Will Heard on 'Nothing Left.'
There's nothing like playing at home.
I called it 'Cloud 9' because that's the place I want to take people when they are listening to my music. It's also where I am when I make music.
If you do the same thing all the time, it's not very challenging.
I want to be known simply as a producer who makes music.
When I am back home, I have an upright piano and I play constantly.
My biggest influence growing up was Avicii, who put me onto creating the sorts of melodies that feature throughout my songs today.
When I go into a store and find a T-shirt that's well-designed with a great fabric but the fit is all wrong, the T-shirt is ruined for me.
I like bringing keyboards and stuff on stage.
I just want to keep challenging myself and keep, like, trying new things.
To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert - that feels really good.
I think people were looking for something new in the EDM scene and found it in my music.
I really like melodies.
I am proud to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.
It's a cool feeling to see how far my music has been spreading.
I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ.
The opportunity to be a part of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio is a huge milestone in my career, and it will be the biggest performance of my life.
SiriusXM has had my back ever since day one when I was making remixes in my dorm room at university, and it means a lot that they're supporting my music as I prepare to release my debut album, 'Cloud Nine.'
When I travel too much, it affects the music, and that is the most important thing. As long as I make good music, I can play shows, but if the music starts getting bad, the show offers won't come.
I just like playing songs with happy vibes and good feelings.
Compared to EDM, I feel like there are a lot of girls at my shows.
Elton John and Billy Joel, I find them both to be huge inspirations, those guys are so talented.
I'm always looking to develop my sound and I'm in the studio whenever I have the time to do this. Always looking ahead!
There's just a completely different vibe at festivals. Everyone gets to hang out and enjoy their favorite music all day. I really do try and play as many festivals as possible!
I find inspiration in what artists and regular people on the street wear, but I'm also very influenced by what I like to wear since I style myself.
What I really enjoy and what I do in the studio is play keyboard.
I don't want to make just tropical house. I want to make everything, just like, whatever I feel like making.
All my collaborations happen in different ways. Sometimes it's through a chance meeting at a festival or event, while others can happen just off the back of me liking their music and reaching out.
I've really enjoyed working together with Apple to help launch their new streaming service. It is really cool to see Apple getting involved.
I like to try to keep my music happy because it can make other people happy. And that's the way I feel when I listen to Avicii's songs. I get happy because his melodies are so happy.
I really like streaming services. It's a great way for people to find your music.
Edinburgh has a similar climate to Bergen - it's very rainy and grey. There were a lot of days I'd sit inside in front of the computer, make music, and dream about summer - instead of the rainy reality outside.
2015 has been a crazy year for me, and Spotify have supported me right from the start. It's an honour to be their Breakout Artist of the year, and I'm super excited to see what we can do together in 2016!
I'd love to work with some of the people I've remixed for - Ed Sheeran or Chris Martin or The Weeknd. But it's not just big names like these guys that I want to collaborate with.
Coldplay doesn't have to stay within a certain genre; they just go where they go.
When I make a song, I'm really happy. It's an indescribable feeling.
A lot of producers don't have any musical education. I couldn't make the music I make without playing the piano.
I hate being put in a box labelled 'tropical house.'
Sometimes I can sit at my computer and find a cool sound, or a new synth patch, and get super-inspired by that and make a track based on that sound. But the piano is where I find the inspiration and come up with the melody.
I wouldn't be where I am without my fans, and I am very thankful for them.
I don't really know too many designers. I like a lot of what Kanye West has done with Yeezy, but I think it's a bit too, how you say, elevated; it's a little bit too special. Like he's trying to make something that's kind of a little bit too cool sometimes.
