Armin van Buuren Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Holland was one of the first countries to adopt dance music into their culture, and we were the first ones to have really big raves. I grew up in that atmosphere in the early 1990s, and I was very interested in how dance music was made.”

“My stage name has always been 'Armin van Buuren.' When I really started DJ'ing professionally, I already had a few U.K. hits under my belt under the name 'Armin', so I couldn't really change that anymore.”

“Once a week i have to do my radio show, 'A State of Trance', usually on Wednesday night. I try to go running at least three times a week and spend at least a day without turning my laptop on and spend it with my wife and daughter.”

“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.”

“I got into house music thanks to Dutch master mixer Ben Liebrand and my friends at school.”

“In '92 - '93, I was at that age when I was looking for my identity and that's when I found dance music and I really fell in love with it.”

“It's an artist's choice to listen to criticism or not. I'm very sensitive to criticism.”