Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for it.

My siblings and I are known as ABCs, American-born Chinese.

The main joy I have in owning or being a part of my own label is the platform I've created to really push other artists and this other kind of musical muscle I get to exercise, it's not just me as a creator of music but me as a curator. That's been really exciting and I do get to have the autonomy and control and all those things with my releases, but now I get to go and find artists that I really love and like and share them with the world too.

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime.

I like to say, Chop sueys the biggest culinary joke that one culture has ever played on another, because chop suey, if you translate into Chinese, means tsap sui, which, if you translate back, means odds and ends.

Let your heart beat for music. Don't be a DJ for the wrong reasons, do it because you have a passion for it.

If you don't want the nickname, don't live up to it.