That's the main thing. People have to feel it's real. If they feel there's something commercial or some fake thing behind it, then the feeling is definitely different.

In nightlife you can become a star, while in the daytime you can just be a nobody.

For me nightlife is like everyday life's mirror.

Amsterdam is not Holland. It is a city that attracts people from all over Holland. And lots of international tourists and party people.

A scene can be created when people are coming together. Either to shop or to hang out.

Of course I knew disco and dub from years before but I never heard such a radical new sound like house. It blew my mind!

Sometimes I happen to be the right guy in the right spot at the right moment.

I don't like cliques. I used to go out a lot in London with friends. And London can be very cliquey. I mean if you don't belong to one set you don't go to a particular party.

Dance music is one of the biggest export products in the Dutch economy these days.

If you can make something genuine, then the ground is fertile for introducing something new. And that happened a few times in my life where I could sow the seeds and see something grow out of it.

That has always been my biggest ambition. To bring people together. To achieve a family spirit. Because then, you can actually do anything, because people are open to what they feel is real.

For the space of many, many years, you were enough for me. You were my bliss, and my hallelujah.

It is inhuman to humanize animals

I believe that the true definition of wealth is loving what you have rather than what you don’t have.

Nobody puts Roach in the corner.

Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.

The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.

Everyone just wants to feel good, and I don't think that all music is designed to make you feel good.

If one could only reproduce nature, and always with less beauty than the original, why paint at all?

It's hard not to fall in love with Seattle on a beautiful summer's day.

Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility.