People are receptive in the best way when they are together enjoying themselves in a club; with others who are on the same wavelength. Then the experience becomes a very creative and spiritual thing.

My policy has always been to play new music. New beat, industrial, techno, disco, funk, rare groove and house music.

Even nowadays some people see me as a "vreemde eend in de bijt" [translated literally as the strange duck in the pond. In other words, an outsider].

There are so many international musical connections here, in Amsterdam. And some of them are amazingly successful.

A scene can be created when people are coming together. Either to shop or to hang out.

The latest trend seems to be these DJs doing pre-recorded sets, in perfect pitch with the lights & acts on stage. Everything is centred around the action from the stage. It doesn't even demand action coming from the crowd! Passive consumerism or something. Mayhem with an overwhelming sound that isn't actually good music. More like diarrhoea.

Amsterdam is not Holland. It is a city that attracts people from all over Holland. And lots of international tourists and party people.