If the chemistry between me and the artist is good, then that's half the battle.

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.

I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven in L.A.

It was very punk rock for me to take a stab at working with Justin Bieber. I don't know how people portray that, or 'Climax,' for that matter. But for me, it was the most adventurous thing I could have done at that exact moment.

I realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings.

It's been said to me that I'm self-destructive because I'll walk away from things that are good.