At the end of the day, if I do a set at a festival and I only have an hour, which is kind of short for a DJ set, I know that I have to play at least six of my songs. Then the whole challenge is what do I weave around that. How do I stand out? Because at a festival there's probably fifteen songs every DJ's going to play every hour, for the whole day. That to me is more interesting, because I still feel like an outsider in this world.

One thing that I learned in recent years from working more with other people is this idea that part of a producer's job is to make people comfortable and confident.

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.

When you know what you like and what you want and you're able to nudge things in the right direction, that's more profitable than ever, because there's so much information out there. Everything's saturated. Tastemaker is probably the most overused word, but I still think it's important.

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.

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

I'm not even a trained producer. I just keep following my ear and working on stuff until it sounds the way I like it.