I've always been a producer - that's how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way for me to be able to perform.

If I wanted to make a quick buck, there's far easier ways of doing it. What I want is to provoke people. If you want a hit song, all you need to do is rewrite an old song. It might have been proven to work, but you won't be remembered the same way.

I love DJing, I do. I love everything that comes with it; it's fun and it's kind of glamorous.

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.

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 don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before. I try to make music that I like and I trust my own judgement with what will work with a wider audience. If you compare yourself to the charts, you lose perspective on what you're doing and why you're doing it.

I'm a DJ. I get the party started.