From Artist panel:
"I don't miss carrying around the record boxes."
-Paul Van Dyk, on digital DJing
"People want the instant gratification and are not seeing the big picture."
-DJ Pierre, on digital downloading
"Beatport is our biggest income stream. We wouldn't be successful now without downloading."
-Armin van Buuren
"I buy 30 to 50 records per month. I think it's still important."
-Nick Warren
"I prefer vinyl. Visually it is important. Make the laptop DJing
technology look neat, and then you are doing something."
-DJ Pierre
"DJing is not enough. You have to get records out. Eddie Halliwell
is one of the few exceptions."
-Armin Van Buuren
"Start your own club night and build a following. Producing isn't
always necessary."
-Joost Van Bellen, on starting DJing
"Don't give up, really. I thought my taste in music was the best in the world."
-Nick Warren, on starting DJing
"When David Guetta gets his song on a L'Oreal commercial it sets his DJing back."
-Pete Tong
"DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a good thing. It will show you the black sheep."
-Paul Van Dyk
"The internet is scary. If you make a funny move, they will capture it and put it on Youtube."
-Armin Van Buuren
"Democracy is the best concept we have on this planet and its the only way we can live together."
-Paul Van Dyk, waxing prophetic
"I owe a lot of my success to the internet"
-Armin Van Buuren
Random quotes overheard
"It's too smoky in here to have a cigarette."
"The Red light district - it's like the Wal-mart of tits."
- from a drunk DJ
"Yes, they're real." - response from a woman passing by
