Whenever I'm making something, the challenge is always to create something that's interesting for me to listen to.

I go to a club to relax and hear the music on a big sound system. I don't go to pull a guy.

I make music, and if people like it, they like it, and some people won't.

What I do and where I come from, the kind of music that I'm making, it's definitely U.K. If I turned around and did a tune with Timbaland, it would be amazing, but it would be me kind of leaving where I'm coming from.

My dad was a soul fan and a singer himself, and he loved vocal harmony, stuff like the Beach Boys and Motown like the Four Tops, which was a big influence on me.

I'm a big fan of Beyonce and Rihanna. I've listened to Beyonce all my life, and she's a big influence on me.

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.