Martin Garrix Quotes

When I got my deal with Cash Money, it changed my whole life.

I really had no aspirations for becoming a DJ, and now I find myself having to campaign to be in the DJ Top 100.

I had no idea what awaited me when I took a job with CBS Records, and it was a total surprise to find I had a gift and an ear for music.

I was kicked off a record label and didn't get picked up again. It was devastating at first because I thought, 'Oh my God. My career is over. What's gonna happen? What am I going to do?' Once I got that I could have a career, a very good career, without having a hit record, then I changed.

I'd done recordings, little demos, since I was in college, which I used to get gigs. But I never thought I'd have a record label.

I would be a huge hypocrite if I didn't tell you that at one time in my life I thought the way that you made music was you got on a major label and you got famous.

I moved to London to go to dance school when I was about 17, but then I realized that I didn't want to be a dancer anymore, so I dropped out after five or six weeks. All I wanted to do was sing and make music.

My first record came out while I was a senior in high school, which is dangerous.

We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater!

I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.

I made a record album in 1960 and it exploded, and I got all these offers for TV.

I'm pushing ahead on my own - you no longer need a large record company to make you a star.

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

Years ago when DNA was going on, I produced a record in Italy but I didn't think I'd do another one.

For Nirvana, putting out their first major-label record was like getting into a new car. But the runaway success was like suddenly discovering that the car was a Ferrari and the accelerator pedal was Krazy Glued to the floorboard.

I was like a wonder kid at Uptown. The first record I produced sold two million copies - and I'd only produced it because the producer didn't show up.

By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone.

I dropped out of law school when I got my record deal.

I signed my first publishing deal when I was 14, and it was from two records I put on MySpace.

I've been able to experience so many things since I've had my record deal.

When 'Kaanta Laga' was offered to me, I was in college, doing my engineering course. I did the shooting of the song for some pocket money. I never imagined it to become such a huge hit.

Having a Top 10 record changed my life a lot, you know?

After giving countless hit songs, I felt saturated. I decided to do music only for my own films and music albums. And so, I decided to start my own music label.

The Roots - we signed our first record deal when I was about 19 years old.

Before I realized what was happening, everything blew up. I made 'Animals' when I was in high school, and literally, from that moment, I've been living a different life. I've been touring a lot, traveling a lot, doing great shows. I've been in the studio with my biggest idols.