I only discovered electronic music as a teenager and I still love the Prodigy and Massive Attack.

Im still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like that.

I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange, mysterious, serious and he always has played such hot guitar.

One interviewer asked me: 'How do you feel that you've betrayed your father?' That wasn't really very cool.