David Guetta Quotes

David Guetta is a French DJ, music producer, and songwriter. He has released seven studio albums, as well as three compilation albums and thirty-six singles. His most popular album, One Love, included the hit singles “When Love Takes Over”, “Gettin’ Over You”, “Sexy Bitch”, and “Memories”.

In 2011, Guetta was voted as the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. In 2020, he was ranked number two. He has sold over nine million albums and thirty million singles worldwide.

Table of Contents:

1. Early Life

2. Career

3. Albums

4. Singles

5. Awards and Nominations

6. Personal Life

7. David Guetta Quotes

1. Early Life

David Guetta was born on November 7, 1967, in Paris, France. His father, Pierre Guetta, was a Moroccan-born Jew, and his mother, Joelle Garfinkel, is of Belgian descent. Guetta has two brothers, Jean-Paul and Pierre. He began DJing at the age of thirteen, and by the age of sixteen, he was hosting his own club night called “Le Palace”.

2. Career

In 2001, Guetta released his first album, Just a Little More Love. The album sold over 300,000 copies and included the singles “Just a Little More Love” and “Give Me Something”.

In 2004, Guetta released his second album, Guetta Blaster. The album sold over one million copies and included the singles “The World Is Mine”, “Money”, and “Love Don’t Let Me Go”.

In 2009, Guetta released his third album, One Love. The album sold over three million copies and included the singles “When Love Takes Over”, “Gettin’ Over You”, “Sexy Bitch”, and “Memories”.

In 2011, Guetta released his fourth album, Nothing but the Beat. The album sold over two million copies and included the singles “Where Them Girls At”, “Turn Me On”, and “Without You”.

In 2014, Guetta released his fifth album, Listen. The album sold over one million copies and included the singles “Shot Me Down”, “Bad”, and “Dangerous”.

In 2016, Guetta released his sixth album, 7. The album sold over one million copies and included the singles “This One’s for You”, “2U”, and “Light My Body Up”.

In 2018, Guetta released his seventh album, 7 (Deluxe). The album sold over one million copies and included the singles “Flames”, “Don’t Leave Me Alone”, and “Like I Do”.

3. Albums

• Just a Little More Love (2001)
• Guetta Blaster (2004)
• One Love (2009)
• Nothing but the Beat (2011)
• Listen (2014)
• 7 (2016)
• 7 (Deluxe) (2018)

4. Singles

• “Just a Little More Love” (2001)
• “Give Me Something” (2002)
• “The World Is Mine” (2004)
• “Money” (2004)
• “Love Don’t Let Me Go” (2004)
• “When Love Takes Over” (2009)
• “Gettin’ Over You” (2009)
• “Sexy Bitch” (2009)
• “Memories” (2010)
• “Where Them Girls At” (2011)
• “Turn Me On” (2011)
• “Without You” (2011)
• “Shot Me Down” (2014)
• “Bad” (2014)
• “Dangerous” (2014)
• “This One’s for You” (2016)
• “2U” (2017)
• “Light My Body Up” (2017)
• “Flames” (2018)
• “Don’t Leave Me Alone” (2018)
• “Like I Do” (2018)

5. Awards and Nominations

Guetta has won numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards, three World Music Awards, two MTV Music Video Awards, and one Billboard Music Award.

6. Personal Life

Guetta is married to French model and actress Cathy Guetta. They have two children, Tim Elvis and Angie Guetta.

David Guetta Quotes

“When you’re too relaxed it’s not good to create.” – David Guetta

“I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman, respectable – me, it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like, ‘Oh finally, I’m proud of you!” – David Guetta

“If I had to play only for people who liked the music because they heard it on the radio, it wouldn’t make me happy. That’s why I’m working so hard to have, yes, a profile as an artist, but also a profile as a DJ.” – David Guetta

“Take care of yourself, and do unto others as you would have done to you.” – David Guetta

“Everything I do comes from the clubs. If I lose that, I’m done.” – David Guetta

“Our job as producers is to make the music sound as good as possible.” – David Guetta

“I’m totally not a nostalgic person. I always look to the future and as much as I’ve enjoyed the ride until now and the different phases, I’m more excited about the next music.” – David Guetta

“I mix up all styles on my albums because that is what music is about now.” – David Guetta

“I’ve created a bridge between European electronic culture and urban American culture, and I’ve worked with established brands.” – David Guetta

“Actually, because of new technologies, my full studio is on my laptop. And I have a little keyboard in my bag. I can make everything I do come from my laptop. Even when I go to a big studio, all I do is to plug in my laptops. That’s the way I do it.” – David Guetta

“Traveling all around the world, music sounds different.” – David Guetta

“Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn’t mean it’s gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea.” – David Guetta

“Inside a soul, there is a hero to discover.” – David Guetta

“Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ.” – David Guetta

“If you put a demo on the net and people say it was the finished versions then they’re going to say it sucks. I really hate that.” – David Guetta

“Be love; there is nothing greater.” – David Guetta

“You know, kids come to see me in the same way that their parents would go to see a rock concert.” – David Guetta

“There’s many different genres, and when you see R&B and pop and house, as well as electronic, come together, that’s the reality of what music is.” – David Guetta

“The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio because it makes it really emotional.” – David Guetta

“I’m not the type of person to live in fear. I think positively.” – David Guetta

“My routine is fly, play, sleep, record. My center is the music I am making; when I see people together wherever it is on the planet, that we connect, that’s what keeps my heart beating.” – David Guetta

“I want to party in space because I make alien music.” – David Guetta

“I wanna be a nice guy.” – David Guetta

“It’s nice because success has allowed me to have a blast on stage, to be in the studio with amazing people, but I find it all a bit bizarre.” – David Guetta

“I am bulletproof, nothing to lose, fire away, fire away.” – David Guetta

“I don’t do this for the money, I don’t do it for record sales, I don’t really care about that, I just want to make beats.” – David Guetta

“You shoot me down but I won’t fall, I am titanium.” – David Guetta

“DJ culture is everything to me.” – David Guetta

“My parents were extremely left so everything was against the system. I was walking barefoot in the streets of Paris when I was eight. When I started to DJ they hated it, because for them, nightclubs, and all of this life, was terrible and fake.” – David Guetta

“I headline concert halls for 20,000 people, but I still play smaller venues.” – David Guetta

“So dance music is now pop music. So now, as a dance producer, what do I have to do? So I’m starting to do alien music because pop is not pop anymore; we need to go alien to be independent.” – David Guetta

“I’m not limited.” – David Guetta

“I have studios in the different places where I live – in Ibiza, Paris, and London – but they’re not crazy studios, they’re just rooms with good monitors, and all I do is plug my laptop in. It’s a different way to make music, but for me, I love it, because it’s more connected to the world.” – David Guetta

“Kids listen to everything on the internet.” – David Guetta

“All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.” – David Guetta

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