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.

I've talked to people who say that their music and their creative work is a much needed and appreciated escape, where they don't have to think about the state of the world; they're not even thinking about themselves so much. They're not trying to express their own experiences of that day or relationship strife or anything.

I think that's becoming the key to where the whole idea of art and culture are going nowadays anyway, is the idea of curation. Knowing what you like. That's sort of the future right now. Molding something, whether it be a roster on a label, or your blog, or a song, or your DJ set.

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.

When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff.

We have to wake up early and make songs everyday. I run my record label. You work at hours where your body isn't designed to work. But it's fun.

I think whether dance music had exploded in America, I still would've been a DJ a long time. This is my first love.