There's always haters, no matter what you're doing - whether they're complaining that everything you do sounds the same, or it's too different.

When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven't even seen that part of it that much.

I tried carrying the weight of the world. But I only have two hands.

I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.

When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke.

I always just sit down at the piano and make the main hook—what I want the track to be about melodically—and then I’ll build everything else around that. But growing up, I did not play any instruments.

House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.