Quote

I made the first Feist album in '98. So at that point, it was my nickname. It was as far as with my circle of friends, and just felt more accurate than two names.

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

In the black culture, certain kids are given nicknames that they roll with forever; the nicknames outweigh their real names. I'm one of those scenarios.

I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective bands other members from those bands all sort of changed round. It was a big sort of move thing. I got it from that, I suppose.

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste.

When I started producing, I was just making music under all different names. 'Black Afro.' 'Super Grandmaster.' 'Mister Bull.' Like, the most stupid, idiotic names. 'Afrojack' was one of those idiotic names.

How can people think that artists seek a name? There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows.

I don't ever use my name for anything in terms of getting the music heard.

I knew I didn't have the right name for a singer. Having a name that nobody could pronounce was hardly an asset.