I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.
My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of 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.
It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.
Dance music is like a virus, it has affected so many different genres.
I grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.