Dance music is like a virus, it has affected so many different genres.

I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I'm not that good at writing lyrics. I bounce those back and forth with songwriters or someone who can sing.

My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.

I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.

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.

I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.

To me, I'm always trying to look for the energy, to imagine in being played on the dance floor. I guess that's the most important thing in making music for me.