I'm still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ.

It's a good feeling to have something to stand for in any part of your life. It's like personal integrity.

I think one of the biggest things that's changed in terms of the rapport with the crowd is that now crowds come to hear our songs. We're getting closer and closer to an artist performance.

I worked with him for years. I still think Kanye [West] is one of the most important people in music in the last ten years.

Right now it feels like we're playing a role, like me and a couple of my friends, in where popular culture is going. That's a very rare thing in a person's life to be able to be a part of that. It's a responsibility I take seriously.

There are things I like, there are things I strongly dislike. In my DJ sets and in my production I just gravitate towards what I like.

I'm one of the few DJs who uses turntables. I'm the only DJ that's scratching.