Straddling two worlds, John Summit‘s debut album, Comfort in Chaos, aptly harmonizes the comfort of the studio with the chaos of the spotlight.
In an intimate interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Summit opened up about the new album while reflecting on the duality of his life as a musician.
“The whole theme of this is duality,” Summit explained. “I’ve lived two lifestyles—being at home in the studio my myself as comfortable as possible. And then being on stage, which is the chaos.”
Financial security was another key topic Summit addressed, reflecting on his humble beginnings and unlikely journey from CPA to world-touring DJ.
“The only thing I ever want in life is financial independence because I come from normal middle class background and I worked the accounting job,” he explained. “And the reason why I took that job is just for financial security, so that’s everyone. Because then when I went and did this fulltime, I was very broke living in my parents’ basement. That’s how I produced literally 300 records during 2020.”
The conversation also touched on the addiction to success and finding a balance. Summit emphasized the importance of having a clear vision and not getting lost in the pursuit of more.
“You can get addicted to success,” Summit said. “And I know a lot of people, and I don’t want to name names, but they just keep adding business after business or do a venture and they just keep expanding and kind of losing a vision… I could just do everything and I have offers to do everything, but I did have to sit back and figure out where I actually want to go in life, what I want to be able to look back on. Because I do want to slow down one day. I do want to have family and stuff. I want to be a normal person and there’s a lot of DJs that… sacrifice that.”
Listen to the rest of Lowe’s wide-ranging interview with Summit on Apple Music 1.
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