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I always consider every album to be a snapshot.

I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre.

I got asked to remix a lot of movie themes, like Mission Impossible, which other people ended up doing quite well. But it was just never my thing.

I'm not going to get on any anti-corporation soapbox to an extreme level.

Any good album title has multiple meanings, and I like choosing titles where I find myself repeating it, almost like a mantra.

I don't hate what I love. I love what I love and I hate what I hate.

If I have a chance to positively impact how the populace views DJs, then I'm going to try to do my part to nudge things in the right direction.

I still consider myself a consumer of music more than anything else.

I don't care if I get kicked out of every rich kid club on the planet. I will never sacrifice my integrity as a DJ ... ever.

If I wanted to contribute to the hyphy movement, what good is it making a hyphy record that isn't embraced by that community?

I've always feel like it's been my place to offer an alternative.

My problem with iTunes is that I don't have any say in how I'm represented on the site.

Anything that sparks some eight-year-old's interest in music or DJing is great.

I couldn't make a real drum'n'bass or dubstep record to save my life. But I can be influenced by them in small ways.

I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay.

Frequently, when I'm compared to someone, I'm like, "Is that really what people think I sound like?"

My core values are still the same about music, and my work ethic, and what I want to represent to people.

When I think about the stuff I turned down it's kind of insane.

I tend to gravitate away from the more trendy Ibiza style of dance music. It's not me.

Everything right now tends to be the same and very aggressive, and I think people are getting a little burned out on it.

To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist.

I always managed to fly a bit below the radar, but high enough to avoid colliding into anything.

I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music again.

My main thing is constantly looking forward and trying to make music that I couldn't have made at any other time.

When I'm looking for DJ sets and stuff to drop, I look for music that I feel is gonna get the reaction I want from the crowd.

I would much rather people kick and scream and tear their hair out and accuse me of all kinds of blasphemy, than just have no opinion whatsoever.

Things go wrong when the people who control that world stop listening to their own instincts and start catering to their fan base.