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.

There's a ton of amazing music that's not getting heard.

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.

Traditionally, with a DJ set, you just go hear DJ that has a good reputation and let the DJ take you somewhere. It was up to the DJ what he wanted to play. Typically in dance music, people didn't know most of the songs a DJ played.

There's a lot of producers that are much more technical or gear-skilled than I am. But I have a pure idea of what I like and where I want to go and I follow that.

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

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.