When I started DJ'ing, it was no big thing. There was no money in DJ'ing, and you did it purely for the love of playing music.

When I was in the studio with Madonna, we would work 12-hour days. If you want to work with the best, then that's what you have to do.

When I remixed U2's "Even Better Than the Real Thing," that was a big moment and turning point for me. One of my remixes became "the big remix" for them and then I went on tour and was living on the road with them for six months.

Can you imagine Grandmaster Flash on a laptop?

I've been going to China every year now for more than a decade.

U2 and folks like that. They all have that similar drive and that belief in themselves. They're early birds ... they're up working when everyone else is sleeping. They're simply all great at what they do.

I never thought electronic music would get as popular in America as it has. When I first came to Vegas in 2009 for my residency - we were they only people playing electronic music at that time.