I always managed to fly a bit below the radar, but high enough to avoid colliding into anything.

I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay.

I was sort of like a kid in a candy store, realizing it was fun making beats without the perceived burden that every track I did had to be a some progressive sample masterpiece. It was nice to blow off steam and work on those songs. For me, that’s what 'The Outsider' was about in general: forget everything, I’m just gonna follow my own music, and make the music I want to make.

Just like on Guitar Hero, there are things that are similar and things that are not similar at all. When I first played DJ Hero, I wasn't very good. The control surface is similar in some ways to a turntable, but in other ways not at all the same.

Frequently, when I'm compared to someone, I'm like, "Is that really what people think I sound like?"

People love drama, and if you aren't really interested in perpetuating that, it keeps you from exploding on a mainstream stage. I'm totally fine with that.

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