Mija Quotes

Before 'Jersey Shore,' I was a DJ struggling to promote, deejaying six nights a week and hustling to pack clubs.

I don't think I represent all things dubstep. I just like clubbing, so those are the sounds I've chosen to work with.

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

DJs are the new rock stars.

I still listen to a lot of the classics from Bob Dylan and John Martin, but I love electronic music as well. I'm a big fan of an Australian DJ and producer called Flume, who I think is incredible. He should be more successful in the U.K.!

A lot of the vocal music I've been doing recently has been quite clubby. But that's mainly because I've had more time to go to clubs, and that normally breeds that kind of influence.

I love music, and I loved dance music immediately. So I bought some equipment and started making my own. When I started this, I didn't say, 'okay I'm going to do this step and then this step' to become popular. I just created music that I loved.

My first love was basketball, but that wasn't gonna launch me, and I knew I had to get into other things. So me and my friends, we started making mix CDs and going down to South Beach or to the parking lot at Pitbull concerts to spend all night hustling.

Being a musician has actually surrounded and immersed me in pop culture and youth culture from a very young age. But even before I was singing in bands and creating any kind of art, I was always fascinated by pop culture.

The way I see EDM right now, it's a healthy industry for sure - minimal work for maximum profit.

I go out pretty much every night, and when you spend time in those clubs, watching how the DJs make their mash-ups to heat up the room, you want to create that sound yourself.

I'm a DJ, and I live in Williamsburg, and I run an independent record company.

I first was introduced to really, I guess, underground electronic music when I was in middle school.

I'm not a DJ, I'm not a scenester.

And I just have a dream one day of dancing in Ibiza to 'A Little Bit Alexis.' That's my long-term goal.

I want to make people dance, I want to make people smile, and I want my music to get played in clubs.

Everything I do comes from the clubs. If I lose that, I'm done.

I'm a big fan of Tiesto, and Swedish House Mafia are awesome. I absolutely want to work with them.

I really love Las Vegas. It's, like, my favorite place to be. I love to DJ out there. It is the place to be as a DJ.

I'm not a DJ, I don't know how to scratch and I don't know how to mix, but I do know how to party. One of my jobs is actually to travel the world and party.

When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.

Making dance music was one of the best things I did in my life. I traveled the world; I met the most amazing fans. I got a lot of respect from doing it.

The world that I come from is the world of raves, hip-hop clubs, and rock and roll.

I'm from a little island off of Massachusetts, Nantucket. It's hard getting into the music business from there, but my parents took me to songwriting festivals because I would write and produce my own music.

Holland is a really small country, but with a very strong club and festival scene. Dance music has been huge in Holland since the late eighties. So there were a lot of opportunities for producers and DJs to release records and play live.