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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Mindless
Moments
Tunes
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I happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Good Luck
Mcdonalds
Ohio
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I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Guy
Justin
Trying
Justin Timberlake
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It's all about where you're going, no matter where you've been.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
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There's only so much you can do with a male voice in dance music.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Dance
Dance Music
Males
Policemen
Voice
Male
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Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Expected
Height
Reaching
Shots
Tall
Shot
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When I'm a bit sad, I often go for a drive in the country, quite fast with my music up.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Sad
Drive
Fast
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I know how to treat my voice to make it sound as good as it possibly can - which is still not that good.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Sound
Treats
Voice
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Fence
Opinion
People
Thinking
Voice
Begin
Soon
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The trouble with making music as a job is that I have no outside interests. All I can do to wind down is go to sleep.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Wind
Interests
Outside
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I trade musical favours like cattle. I can't remember the last time I did a remix for actual money. For me, I try and get a good swap.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Cattle
Last Time
Remix
Time Good Money
Actual
Favours
Swap
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Growing up around British music, you realise how much depth there is to it... my stuff is different to the likes of Pitbull for that reason.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Depth
Likes
Realise
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In Britain, you know there are people waiting to tear your stuff apart, so it's important for me to know that my music has subtleties and depth to it.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Britain
Depth
Subtleties
Tear
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Since I was 14, I wanted to make music, but I think I would also have made a good policeman. When I was eight, I wanted to be one so I could tell people off.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Good Music People
Policeman
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From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Bombarded
Demos
Desperate
Djs
Record Companies
Companies
Record
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I'm not good at interviews, I'm not good at dancing, I'm not good at looking like I'm having fun. I never will be, I don't think. Unless I go to a life coach.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Dancing
Fun
Having Fun
Interviews
Thinking
Life Good Looking
Life Good Fun
Coach
Having
Unless
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To throw a shoe at a man in Dundee is the equivalent of a kiss on the cheek and an embrace in London. Dundee is a very different place; they have their own rules.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Men
Different Place
Embrace
Kissing
London
Shoes
Rules
Cheek
Equivalent
Shoe
Throw
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It's incredible to be working with Mr Armani and his team at Emporio Armani. I feel an affinity to the brand ethos and have been a long time admirer of their designs.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Ethos
Long
Team
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The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Invaders
Looks
Matter
Invader
Obviously
Proving
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I have legendary massive breakfasts at hotels. I don't hold back. I'll get there at 7A.M. and I'll be the last out at 11 A.M., having gone up and down the buffet seven times.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Breakfast
Buffets
Gone
Legendary
Massive
Up And Down
Buffet
Hotels
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Sometimes, it's better to stop thinking and trust your instincts. That's what I used to do when I first started making music, but as time goes on, you can sometimes over-intellectualise things.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Instincts
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I'm not angry, I'm not an angry person, but I do sometimes like playing with the perception of anger, as in pretending that I'm more angry than I actually am, and sometimes it works quite well.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Anger
Angry
Angry Person
Perception
Pretending
Sometimes
Person
Like
More
Actually
Am
Quite
Works
Well
Playing
Than
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Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Benefits
My Time
Recognise
Sun
Time Good Me
All My Time
Haircut
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Right at the start, when I was about 13 or 14, I only had an Amiga 500 Plus running a bit of tracker software called OctaMED. My brother was big into his computers, and when he moved up to a proper PC, I took charge of the Amiga.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Computers
Plus
Software
Charge
Pc
Proper
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I'd been sending out demos and CDs for years. I knew my stuff was good enough, but I was getting nowhere. Then, three people - my future manager and two publishers - happened to send one of my tracks to EMI publishing in the same week. All of a sudden, they were interested!
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Cds
Demos
Publishers
Future Good Enough
Nowhere
Manager
Send
Sudden
Tracks
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Even if you have a big tune, live crowds can get sick of it. It's not just about the song but also the staying power and if people have connected with it in a certain way. I know that the tracks I put more emotion and depth into are the ones that have the staying power in clubs.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Clubs
Connected
Crowds
Depth
Emotion
Sick
Staying
Staying Power
Certain Way
Power Live People
Tracks
Tune
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I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us.
Calvin Harris / Singer-Songwriter
Ads
Annoying
Labels
Spotify
Good Money Myself
Good Idea
Huge Amount
Suppose
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