The minute you think you're greater than the music, you're finished

Timing is everything. It is not so much about who you know, especially now with the Internet, because anybody can become a superstar overnight.

Well technology has changed a lot of things, making it possible for just about anyone to make music. But not everybody is a songwriter, so that puts me in a completely different ballpark than the other DJs out here that are writing and producing tracks. I don't stop at tracks, I try to complete the whole package with the song. So working at that level has put me in a completely different place.

I'm a lot more sensitive about music, I think, than most other guys in this particular side of the business. Most of them are beat crazy and beat heavy. I'm more melody. I'm more musical than most of the other ones.

There are two people that probably influenced me more than anybody out of all the artists out here: that's Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

I am definitely in the right place doing the right thing. These are the rewards.

I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything.