Deadmau5 Quotes

My stage name has always been 'Armin van Buuren.' When I really started DJ'ing professionally, I already had a few U.K. hits under my belt under the name 'Armin', so I couldn't really change that anymore.

I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'

Before my first album 'Born To Do It,' I used to DJ.

I used to DJ in Atlanta, and that's how I kind of got into the music industry.

I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.

I got a record deal with Sony, and I really just put acting aside. But it's a love.

I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try.

As I started to consider a career in music, I hoped for success, truthfully. I didn't imagine anything that would amass the level of the first record, but I hoped that I would be able to sustain a career.

I was working so hard at music and trying to do this whole 'industry' thing and realised that it wasn't for me.

I think I'll be doing music until I die, regardless of whether I'm popular or not. If I ever feel like people aren't receiving my music well anymore, I'll probably go to the backroads and become an executive or just sign artists.

When I started college, I wrote a song 'Pee Jaun,' with a friend. I never intended to make mainstream music, but that song did really well and I got some recognition.

I pretty much started going more towards the singing route when I came out with the song 'Selfish.'

I was a drum 'n' bass DJ at first but not any one of note.

When I was doing 'Hot Shot,' I didn't even have an album deal.

I was really young when I signed with Spinnin' Records, and the huge success of 'Animals' hit me by surprise. I didn't expect my life to turn like that at all. But it was a very welcome surprise, to say the least!

The DJ thing is just a way for me to perform my songs in public. It put me on the map, and a lot of people discovered me because of my DJing and later found out that I made beats.

I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.

I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

I DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I'll never stop. That's my security blanket, that's what I'm good at. I still consider myself a better DJ than a singer. I can DJ in my sleep.

People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.

All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.

You can never rely on musicians. I quit high school at one point to make a go of it with this band and we kept breaking up. So I went back to school.