Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this or that record, but I'm nobody's authority.

I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.

I just started writing stuff to kill time on summer evenings. This is why I'm always telling people who ask me what they need to do to succeed to give up, do something else.

My son, who sees me almost every day of his life, will look at me and go, "I know that dude! I like that dude!" It's incredibly affirming.

Back in the 90s, if you did mail order in music, you could make a good living doing it if you could hustle.

I couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.

My work is more important than I am. I'm just some guy.