The good thing, really, is that electronic music started as a fringe subculture, and now it's the biggest youth culture in the world. People pretty much everywhere go crazy for electronic music.

Music should either move your feet or move your heart

I don't tell anyone what they should do (drugs). It's like this music is so full of power and energy you don't really need to take anything if you just open up and let the music take you.

I don't need to play Beatport Top 10 to get the crowd going

I always say, "If you see something is wrong in your neighborhood, go ahead and change it. Don't wait for somebody else to do it." This is pretty much what I do.

Trance had become a dirty word. Thanks to Ian Van Dahl, Lasgo, Flip 'N' Fill and DJ Sammy, a generation of kids has grown up thinking trance is the shittiest music since country and western.

I grew up in a dictatorship, so I really appreciate democracy. I think democracy isn't just a random thing that's around - a democratic society needs the involvement of everybody.

It is not the gift, but the thought that counts.

I have my own charity organization in Berlin called Ruckenwind, which supports kids from - ya - not ideal backgrounds.

I do the work with friends who are musicians as well. I'm working on a piece of music and I have an idea of who I want on the vocals, but I don't really have a list.

I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.

All I wanted was you. I tore down my wall for you. Now it's been rebuilt.

A fellow has to believe in something, Jay-such as the rottenness of humanity.

What a gulf between the self which experiences and the self which describes experience.

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.

I don't want to do 20 minutes on Donald Trump. I want to do 10 minutes and move on. I wouldn't even do that with a live show, because I don't want it to feel like "An Evening Of Political Comedy."

The game ain't always fair and that's the thing though. You can play your heart out, everyone don't get a ring though.

Engineering is the art or science of making practical.

In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!