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 was a bit of an outsider in the hip-hop world because I was a scratch kid and people weren't necessarily trying to hear that all the time.

A few guys will get up there with turntables as purists, to play vinyl or whatever.

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.

That's what a DJ is at the end of the day - someone who leads where the music goes. The only thing that's changed is that in America, people have woken up in the last few years and realized it.

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

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