A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They were cranking out 10 songs a day in that studio, or more.

I just want to have fun and party with everyone around the world. That's the only rule, to have fun.

I shopped at J. Crew in high school, I studied computer science. I was a nerd-nerd, now I'm a music-nerd.

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.

I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor?

I make soul music for hip-hop heads. It's music I'd want to sample if I were a rapper.

Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.