Steve Aoki Quotes

Anyone should have the right to say no if they don't want someone to kiss them or touch them or date them or anything.

I'm not just going to hug every person that asks to hug me.

His attitude had always been that if a woman clearly indicated that she did not want anything more to do with him, he would go on his way. Not respecting such a message would in his eyes, show a lack of respect for her.

If just one person touches you without your permission, stepping back and saying clearly, "Please don't touch me" should get them to stop.

Here's a tip. If you touch a girl, even as joke, and she pushes you off, leave... her... alone. Don't touch her. Anywhere! Just stop. Your touch does nothing but sicken her.

Most people are robust. If a man puts his hand on a woman’s bottom, any woman worth her salt can deal with it. It is communication. Can’t we be friendly?

As a human being, you know that there are some days when you'd rather not talk to anybody - but I can't really do that anymore without appearing rude.

I'm more the sort of person who doesn't like hugging strangers because we don't know each other, so we shouldn't.

Lesson one, introduce yourself to everyone when you walk into a room. Don't act like you're too bougie to say, 'Hello.'

Each organism, no matter how simple or complex, has around it a sacred bubble of space, a bit of mobile territoriality which only a few other organisms are allowed to penetrate and then only for short periods of time.

Never ask a woman if you may kiss her. Instead, learn to read body language.

I feel like the quality of privacy and respect of people's personal space has been completely disintegrated. You can ask to take the picture. I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture.

I think you have to be respectful to the people who want to talk to you.

The worst thing a man can ever do is kiss me on the first date.

People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler.

People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly photographed, that's not so nice. I would rather shake hands with someone and exchange a few words than take a selfie.

American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won't violate one another's privacies. This makes it a land of small talk.

I've had girls that kissed me on the cheek. People get so pumped, and so excited, they don't see you as a person. Which is fair. Sometimes, I don't see people as people. But at the end of the day, you can't put your hands on me unless I hug you first.

I have no problem if someone wants to hug me - if I know him!

If I know you, and you want to touch my hair, you should ask me first, and most of the time I'll say yes. But if I don't know you, and you just reach out and touch me without asking or touch while simultaneously asking, I'm going to give you a side eye.

I don't mind it. My friends think it's kind of rude of the people to come up to me and treat me like an object.

I want to say that our shows are safer-spaces shows. Don't push anyone or affect anyone's space.

The truth is people are very nice. The other truth is, it's very annoying to be constantly interrupted. I don't love myself enough to want to share myself with everybody.

You have to realise that touching is a real violation of personal space.

Madam, you're making history, in fact, you're making me, and I wish you'd keep my hands to yourself