It's getting to the point where, to be honest with you, even though there is a lot of great music around, especially in clubland, certainly from my corner of something I just felt like I needed to get my hands dirty and DJ out.

I don't know if this is a good thing to say, but the musical obsession has almost shifted to a creative obsession now.

You can't live life being afraid, because fear censors ambition.

I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being there at that close point.

I am an indie kid. I made no bones about the fact that I fell into DJing electronic music by accident, by a lucky break, but it doesn't make me any less of a fan of that music, I just never envisaged... not through a lack of confidence or belief, I just didn't think that I'd be sharing the bill with people that I was going out to see myself.

I'm sure that there are many situations in life that are going to offer the same risks and pitfalls that you have to get past. That's just life.

One thing I always found hard to stomach over the past few years is that being a DJ or musician is a career opportunity.