When I first walked through the doors of Rex Club, I realized that I didn't have to travel to raves outside the city to enjoy techno.

Many people think if you say "no" you just do this to negotiate a better deal, and they didn't understand that Daft Punk really meant "no" because they didn't want to do certain things.

At the time, in 1996, an electronic band signing with a major label was something new, at least in France. Daft Punk knew that this meant a marathon of promotion, TV appearances, etc. To protect themselves and to be discrete, they came up with the masks and, three years later, the robot helmets.

For me going out to party never meant drinking or taking drugs.

Some people started to call me "the King of No" because with Daft Punk we were saying "no" to everything.

I've been drunk maybe five times in my life. I don't like to lose control very much.

I never take drugs. I took ecstasy when I was in Ibiza once, but it didn't work for me. I think I was already on ecstasy when I was born.