When you create something out of nothing it's the most thrilling thing.

I think women's ears are a lot more sensitive. Men are going to follow whatever appeals to women.

It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace.

A friend of mine that happened to be a DJ at another club actually offered me a job [as a DJ]. I didn't think I could do it but he said, "You know all the music. You are at all the parties, and everybody knows you."

I refused to be disrespected. So, at 16, of course, I was a gentleman about it, but I told them and it cost me my job.

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