Quotes from Kygo

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.

I've been so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with some incredibly talented vocalists, guitarists and producers, and I can't wait to share more originals in the future.

I didn't think it was cool for me to walk around with a huge Kygo logo on myself.

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.

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.

If you do the same thing all the time, it's not very challenging.

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 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.

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.

When I look for people to work with, I'm just looking for talented people.

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.'

I guess the biggest thing I had to get used to was people staring. At first it was like, 'Am I wearing something odd? Is there something on my face?' It was kind of weird because when I go to the grocery store, people, they're not necessarily coming up to me asking for a photo, they just... look at me.

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.

Avicii's melodies were so simple and cool, and they were actually similar to the melodies I played on piano. I thought if I could teach myself how to produce and get those melodies out of my head and into the computer, maybe I could make some cool music, too.

I don't want to make just tropical house. I want to make everything, just like, whatever I feel like making.

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!

While I was born in Singapore, I didn't actually grow up here. So I don't remember all that much.

I am proud to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

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.

I consider myself more of a producer and a musician than a DJ.

I want to be known simply as a producer who makes music.

A lot of producers don't have any musical education. I couldn't make the music I make without playing the piano.

To finally be able to actually play the piano with vocalists and actually do, like, a proper concert - that feels really good.