Mija

“The TekLife crew are super dope.”

“My music is inspired by where I am and what I'm feeling at the time. Traveling and meeting new people is also incredibly inspiring to me.”

“I wasn't good at writing big banger tracks because that wasn't in my heart.”

“I grew up really fast.”

“Music is my greatest love. It is also my first love. But I love a lot of things, including painting, drawing, writing, designing, and more.”

“I tried for a long time to make DJ-able dance tracks that were more specific to the stuff that I was playing. Ultimately, I found I wasn't really capable of doing that. The only type of music I was able to make that really made me feel something would just come straight from my heart or straight from whatever emotions I was feeling at that time.”

“You can't just play a house set for four hours at the Sheraton. You have to be creative and throw in some jazz, some Latin music, and really mix it up.”

“Getting comfortable again and being in a vocal booth on the opposite end of the spectrum, when you're normally the one tracking the vocals, is kind of scary.”

“Depending on what's happening in the world, what music is coming out, what city I'm in, I do some research on a place I'm going to, get a feel for it, and maybe do something that would be special for that city.”

“I'm like a child with musical ADD.”

“As humans, we are constantly learning and changing and evolving, and I think that is so beautiful.”

“I love mixing house and disco with anything bass.”

“L.A. is such a melting pot.”

“I create, dress, and act however I feel in a single moment.”

“I realized you can be the dopest producer technically, but if the songs don't give you emotion, it doesn't matter.”

“It's taken a while for me to figure out my sound. It's tough, coming from DJing, because you know how things are supposed to sound, but you also don't want to be formulaic about it.”

“People want to have a good time, they want to party with their friends, but they also want to learn something.”

“I don't ever take anything for granted. I know... people would kill for the opportunity to play on festival stages and whatnot.”

“The Internet has given us an unlimited platform of knowledge and inspiration. Sometimes the most efficient way to create a new sound is to cross between genres and experiment with noises/tempos that wouldn't normally go together.”

“My career was prematurely launched. I didn't have a plan.”