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

If I wanted to make a quick buck, there's far easier ways of doing it. What I want is to provoke people. If you want a hit song, all you need to do is rewrite an old song. It might have been proven to work, but you won't be remembered the same way.

I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.

I would never lay down a pre-programmed set and perform to a pre-mixed CD; I would never cheat my fans like that.

Obviously there is stuff that I wouldn't play in a club that I play at festivals, and vice-versa, but my sets are still dominated largely by my own music. I think that's what makes me stand out a bit. My music is also festival- and club-friendly, so it generally works out well.

There's always haters, no matter what you're doing - whether they're complaining that everything you do sounds the same, or it's too different.

Life's a game made for everyone and love is the prize. So wake me up when it's all over - when I'm wiser and I'm older. All this time I was finding myself and I didn't know I was lost.