Walshy Fire Quotes

The energy Major Lazer presents on stage is guided by sound system sessions of years ago.

Here’s the key to Jamaica, the secret to Jamaican dancehall parties, no matter where you are in the world. If you do not see Japanese people, you’re at the wrong party. They source authenticity like no other culture I’ve ever seen.

I don’t think about Miley Cyrus.

Notting Hill is a very different carnival from anywhere else. This is an international city, so it represents everybody. You walk around every corner here, you’ll hear something new. It’s awesome.

Dancehall culture in Europe is very close to Jamaica. Europe and Japan have a very close link to Jamaican dancehall culture, where it’s all about sound-systems and horns and girls dancing all crazy – that happens a lot in those places.

The sound system influence is undeniable in hip-hop, in jungle, drum and bass, now EDM.

If there’s anything that would unite the world, it would be music.

We had no clue that Cuba was not Marco Rubio. You get there, and everyone is Afro Cuban. And you start to realize, ‘Where are the blonde, blue-eyed Cubans? Oh, they’re all in Miami.’

We like to be the people who go – can go out into the world and say we’re the people seeking places that need bridges built and need the kind of energy that we bring, and then actively doing the show. We will pay for it ourselves. We just want to bring the kind of enjoyment that we know we can bring.

Dancing doesn’t have a language.

Nowadays, people have an open mind vis-a-vis new artists like Meghan Trainor, Nico & Vinz, Hozier – there are hits coming out of everywhere.

That’s what I considered Cuba to be… the most loving place I’ve ever been in my life. And the fact that there’s no crime. You walk in the street at any time, and you feel like nothing is going to happen.

Gerry Dow – he‘s like a fourth member. He lives in Sweden; his art work is more important than… it’s just as important as the music and the stage show.