Everything right now tends to be the same and very aggressive, and I think people are getting a little burned out on it.

When I'm looking for DJ sets and stuff to drop, I look for music that I feel is gonna get the reaction I want from the crowd.

There's any number of DJs who have inspired me over the years. I don't actively go out in clubs, so I can't tell you if there's some hot new talent out there who everybody's aware of but I'm not.

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

Sometimes there's this balance: if you try to clear 10 things you'll probably get lucky and be able to clear most of them, or all of them; try to clear 20 things, in my mind there's gonna be at least one issue, maybe two - and then that's when it starts getting into either re-recording stuff, or you've got to take that song off.

I always consider every album to be a snapshot.

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