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Tiesto monologue
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| The Master |
taken from the tiesto.com forums
Article by Arno Gelder (Post and Trancelation by ErwinZ)
Ordinary Tijs, the man behind Tiësto
He is Holland's only true world famous star, but posh displaying of wealth is Tijs 'dj Tiësto' Verwest (37) alien.
A sincere monologue on love, loneliness, stardom and ideals.
"Modest? Nice? Yeah, I recognize those traits. When I have a picture with Bill Clinton and Bill Gates I don't feel like the chosen one. Like: oh look at that Tijs Verwest... It always remains boyish astonishment.
I never deny my roots. I'm just an ordinary guy from Breda, born in Tuinzigt. What you could call rough, maybe even back street.
My parents divorced when I was 4. My mom raised my sister, brother and me. I was the youngest. We weren't living large. At 14 I already had a job to make some extra money. When we went to a Chinese restaurant, then it really was a feat. I think back to those times when now I'm eating in restaurants where back then I could only dream of.
Well, what kind of guy was I? The type that at school only did something when I really had to. By the end of the school year studying like mad. I have MAVO (lower general secondary education) HAVO (higher general secondary education) and MEAO. Economy seemed nice. In the evening I worked at a video store or spun records in club De Lendte. For fifty guilders a night. And sold homemade tapes of my first mixes. For a tenner.
I could play soccer quite nicely. First at Saint Anna Boys, later at Vestingboys. Forward striker, I scored quite often. That drive is in me. I want to win. If during PT we had to run 10 kilometers, I always dropped back, thinking "boring!!". But then I thought: "Tijs, you haven't been running for nothing all this time". So then I started running like mad. Passing everybody.
With my mum I have a very strong connection. The tough times during my childhood has brought us really close. She is 74 now. Of course she has been to a show. In the Gelredome a guy asked at 5 A.M. "Hey granny, a bit lost?". I have barely known my father. He died when I was still very young. I am quite the mommy's child, sensitive and emotional. I'm not ashamed of that, quite on the contrary. I notice with my friends, those that have been raised by both parents, that they are somehow different. My mom always says: "When I was pregnant with you I knew you were going to be a special child".
Music is my reason for existence. As a little boy I always listened to Ferry Maats Soulshow. And dreamed about how I would make my own mixes. What differentiates me from others? Boy. I think that I feel the fibe very well in a club, either small of gigantic. On that feeling you base the music you are going to spin.
I am a chameleon with a sense for ever changing situations. Above all: people see that I enjoy myself tremendously. There are so many colleagues who spin with a sourpuss face. That never happens to me. I always want to excite the audience. With only one goal: off with the roof.
Drugs? Not for me. Only once did I take a pill. XTC. I wanted to know what it was like. You get all euforical, grab at things that only after like 3 seconds feel like actually holding. Everything gets another dimension. But the next day: sick as a dog. And I also have to watch my condition as well. My work demands alertness, concentration, focus and fitness.
Way back I smoked two packs of Marlboro a day. A beer, a Bacardi cola, another vodka. I quit all that. People have the right to a DJ that is fresh and in shape. I know peers who are stiff with coke. I find that contemptuous towards the audience. Now I zip at a glass of champagne. Yes, times have changed.
I meet a lot of stars. Not long ago Richard Gere and Cameron Diaz. And Madonna. I had made a remix for her, but she judged it as "too hard". Robby Williams asked me once if I couldn't make a remix for him. They live in their own little world, but they know me, while my head is rarely on the front page. That's nice.
I like going out myself. I'm a party animal. A dance party, a lounge club. Just relaxing. I have surrendered a part of my private life. People that come at you running for a photograph. Even in planes. Sometimes I have a bad day. Then I say: "Sorry but I'm having dinner now, so now is not the time". See, I wouldn't have said that years ago.
In Holland the craziness is civilized. Elsewhere its quite different. I have been in so many countries. At home I have a map with pins on the places I have performed. Only parts of Africa, the Midwest United States and Central Russia haven't been exploited.
In Ireland I came into a club where a complete squadron of security people were present to restrain the people. In Argentina they sing "Ole, ole, ole, Tiësto ole". There you are God. Beatle-like scenes. Yeah, it touches your ego.
My relation with Monique (Spronk) has stranded after five years. We barely saw each other. Her career as a model boomed, just as my career did. Always on the road. And when we did see each other we were arguing about why we did see each other so few times. Now we are really good friends.
I think I'm quite popular with women. Before Monique I had a very wild time, many girlfriends. Now I am much more serious. Of course I would like a beautiful, intelligent woman. And I do fantasize about a marriage. And children. Put my phone number with the story, hahaha. But it should be an independent woman. Who doesn't wait on the couch till Tijs gets home. Because often that's a 6 AM. Broken and empty. And I only want on thing: sleep.
I'm quite selective. And I do think I have some fear of commitment. My parents divorced in the mid seventies, which was quite unusual at the time. A relationship; its hard. But I'll keep waiting. My gut tells me I'm not quite ready. I remain a late bloomer.
Nowadays I take it easy. My social life was non existing. Performed four, five times a week, every time another country. Now I work mostly in Europe and contribute to the awareness and fight back HIV/AIDS. I don't want to work all the time. It is good to go deeper now, after all that I have achieved. To give back something. And that became HIV/AIDS. Next week I'll fly to Zambia. Not to perform, but to see if the money gets there. It is good to have ideals.
Next week I'll leave for Tunisia and Morocco. The club owner wants me there so bad he arranged a private plane. I can take six friends too. Those will be my Breda friends, who still surround me. In business, as manager, as PR-man, but most of all true friends.
Friendship is very important to me. During the opening of the Olympic Games in Athens I was playing for 80.000 people and more than 4 billion TV-viewers, but I was there all by myself. At times like that you can feel very lonely.
source: http://www.ad.nl/cultuurenshow/article552949.ece |
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| MagikMan_643 |
| Great interview, very insightful. Thanks for sharing :) |
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| Bidor |
| quote: | Originally posted by MagikMan_643
Great interview, very insightful. Thanks for sharing :) |
+1, Tijs the man! :) |
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| Allied Nations |
| i cry i die i eat pie |
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| Bidor |
| quote: | Originally posted by Allied Nations
i cry i die i eat pie |
c'mon... ;) |
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| RebeL9 |
| Tiesto is out for a wife. :toothless |
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| Gauss |
| Nice read, no matter I don't like Tiesto. |
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| nz-fan |
Wow........... sounds like another Tiesto.............
so I´m excited how he is nowadays :P :D |
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| Zoso |
| Interesting stuff. So he's not with blondie anymore, eh? |
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| Dj O'Callaghan |
Gosh I'm astonished! :eyes: What a humble person!
:stongue: |
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| Demoted |
I wonder if is father died because of OMFGCH00NIDIE syndrome.
Also, is this comparable to a vagina monologue? |
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| DJ Nickazz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Demoted
I wonder if is father died because of OMFGCH00NIDIE syndrome.
Also, is this comparable to a vagina monologue? |
:rolleyes: :whip: |
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