I remember when the big shift happened in 1996-97, when suddenly it dawned on the music community: 'We should license our music to commercials and sell out for all intents and purposes. It doesn't really matter.'

Things go wrong when the people who control that world stop listening to their own instincts and start catering to their fan base.

When I make music, it takes me two hours to get into the flow. To me it's like tapping into some kind of subconscious frequency: I just have to turn everything else off, open up part of myself, expose my fears and try to work through it in the music that I'm making.

It's satisfying to put out new music. And I think that's the context in which I'm comfortable revisiting things from the past.

Anything that sparks some eight-year-old's interest in music or DJing is great.

I don't hate what I love. I love what I love and I hate what I hate.

As for my store, most artists' sites send you to a third-party storefront like iTunes, whereas we're disseminating it ourselves. I was always uncomfortable with the thought of sending somebody who came to my site to buy something to some other store. It just occurred to me, "Why can't we do this?"