I listen to a lot of 80s stuff, like Owner of a Lonely Heart, by the group Yes. And Mr. Misters Broken Wings.

You don't question where the music comes from, because it all comes from God.

I never had any plans to become a producer when I was a kid. I wanted to be a DJ, like most other kids at the time. Then my mum bought me a Casio keyboard and I started to sample sounds that I liked.

Good production is like a beautiful marriage. It makes a happy home.

I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.

I'm making music the way I would have done before modern equipment and music recording.

I'm trying to do something real different; I'm trying to bring the street to real pop. I'm trying to bring the street to pop. Not watering it down, no nothing.