A WORD FROM THE WISE - Heidi

Canadian-born, Berlin-based DJ Heidi lives to make people bounce around on the dancefloor.. The Get Physical star also recently became the host of her own show on Radio1: ‘In New DJs We Trust.’ Here, we've culled some of her finer quotables and maxims.

1. First and foremost I would like to quote my mother and most mothers around the world I think by saying “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”.

2. If you are standing on a dancefloor not moving with a frown upon your face you should go home and leave the fun for others to be had.

3. When something is too good to be true it usually is.

4. It’s always good to have yourself a little hiphop party after a night of listening to house and techno music. If you haven’t tried it i’ll come to your house and hook you up with some serious old school jams free of charge.

5. Drinking straight vodka always seems like a good idea at the time: less calories but severe memory loss accompanied by black and blue bruises ususally ensues.

6. Cheese is not made from the milk of cows or sheep or goats, it was sent down from heaven on a big cracker of love.

7. Try as many dance moves as humanly possible until you find one that suits you. Everyone should have a move...mine is the pop pop lock. I could demonstrate it for you if this was a video interview.

8. Going out with your mates and breaking a sweat whilst dancing to some serious grooves is the best medicine around. You just have to make sure that when 8am rolls around that you have someone to drag your ass back home and not to some hole in the wall, because that’s when pleasure becomes more pleasure and eventually pleasure’s friend PAIN shows up and smacks you upside your head.

9. Canadians don’t really have a national food dish besides pizza, poutine (french fries with cheese curds and gravy) and chicken wings....oh yeah and mozzarella sticks. I’m holding a cook off next year to try and fix this problem. It’s sad when people ask me what Canadian food is like. It’s no wonder I’m obsessed with cheese.

10. On a non-dance music tip I would highly recommend listening to the band Deerhunter and their new album Microcastles I’m in love with it and you should be tooooooo.

11. If you find something that moves you in some way, share it with somebody. Its great to put smiles on other peoples faces.

12. Not seeing the sun for two weeks starts to make people go insane. This winter take a short visit to your local wellness center. Go swimming, steam yourself until you can’t breath and bake yourself in a sauna. It will make you forget that it gets dark at 3pm at least for a little while.

13. Try and get as much sleep as you can. I’ve realized over the past three years that I have probably aged myself quicker than the average human. Trust me when I say when those lines start appearing you can’t erase them.

14. Red wine makes everything look a lot nicer. Everyone who is a red wine drinker will hear where I’m coming from and if you’re not, try it, and you’ll see.

15. Last, but not least, I’m going to give you someone elses wise quote because i thought it a great one to end on. Its by a man named Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”