“Sometimes you go through those phases where you take your parents for granted, but I really do appreciate everything my mother's done because I know I wouldn't be here if it weren't for her.” SometimesDoneParentAppreciateGranted Author:Taylor Townsend
“I don't really have a favorite artist - I mean, I really love Drake - but it depends on my mood. I like anything that makes me feel good.” MeanArtistMoodFeel Good Author:Taylor Townsend
“When you finally get something together after hours of work and it's good, you know it's not for nothing!” TogetherHoursAfter Hours Author:Taylor Townsend
“With every show I go out and do, I'm trying to change peoples' lives. I'm trying to make a huge moment and give them something that they'll remember forever. I know that's crazy to say after I've played maybe 5,000 shows in my life, but really that's what it is. Leaving it all out on the dance floor and giving people something spectacular to remember.” PeopleGivingTryingMomentsRememberForeverCrazyLeavingTrying To ChangeDance Floor Author:Kaskade
“At the beginning of my career, I saw an opportunity to forge new ground and focus on songwriting. Not many people were doing that at the time. Pretty much nobody. I thought I could write some really cool songs that would rise above all these dozens of genres that exist within dance music. I'd make it more about the songs. For the last 20 years, I've been sharing stories of my life through music. I've been writing songs about my life.” PeopleWritingSongOpportunityFocusSongwritingRise AboveReally CoolStory Of My Life Author:Kaskade
“It's impossible to overstate how important social media has been to me and the development of my career. The fact that I can go and play venues that hold 25,000 people and sell them out is crazy.I don't have music on the radio. I'm not a pop culture icon. I'm just this kid making dance music. And yet I still can sell out massive arenas. It's truly incredible, and I think a lot of that is because of social media.” PeopleThinkingImportantKidsCultureImpossibleCrazyIncrediblesSocial MediaPop Culture Author:Kaskade
“I knew it straight away when Twitter first came around, and also Facebook, where it was so easy to post, that this was another way to speak directly with people listening to my music. If they found my music and they like it, most likely they want to hear more from me and hear what I'm about. I've put an enormous amount of time into that and it's played out well for me.” PeopleSpeakEasyListening Author:Kaskade
“With that explosion of dance music thing, there have been some downsides. We're lacking a little bit of connection right now. Pop music is so massive. It's everywhere. Today, there's less of discovery. There's less "I'm going to drive two hours and go see him at this dirty night club." We're missing a little bit of that. It's still there, and I feel like those connections are still made.” TodayNightHoursMissingMusic IsDirtyPop MusicNight Club Author:Kaskade
“When you see millions and billions of dollars being made in a genre, there are going to be copycats and people who jump in for the wrong reasons. Ten years ago, nobody was going to make dance music to try and get rich or even make a living. You couldn't! It was impossible.” PeopleTryingReasonRichImpossibleGet Rich Author:Kaskade
“I think what's made electronic music so fascinating is that it came up through the underground and always moved and pivoted so quickly that you could never keep a handle on it. That continues to happen. Sure, the stuff on the very top moves slower and is marketed for Spotify. But there are still going to be undercurrents that flow freely and move around, simply because there's too much of a base with this music.” ThinkingMovingMovedElectronic Music Author:Kaskade