I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.

I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.

When I started out, I was Avici with one i. But on MySpace, that name was taken.

I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.

There's always so much music around me now, it seems like everything has to be something with music, so in my spare time I try not to listen to anything. It's so hard for me to listen to something without trying to see a benefit in it: "Maybe I'll make my own version of that track or maybe I'll do this or that." When I'm off I just don't want to hear anything.

I have always been mainstream. It's so weird, because I don't see it as something negative at all. So many people see it as something negative.

When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke.