My uncle, who gave me my first turntables when I was ten, also gave me records to mix, but I never understood house music. I thought it was boring until I was old enough to go to a club and feel it, the fact that it actually makes you just want to dance.
I get to go to so many different countries and hear so much music and collect totally different records. It's all very inspiring, and I'm trying to embrace that experience because not that many producers get to have that.
I can make something for a long time and just not come up with an ending. It's finishing things that I don't enjoy.
When I hear something new, mostly in rhythms, I often find it interesting to recreate it in a studio in a completely different way.
When I buy lots of records, I stop making music - it's detrimental to the creative side. When I'm DJing a lot, it's just basically partying every day.
Before the first xx record, I pretty much exclusively listened to electronica. Now, I listen to anything. I think the most inspiring thing is just learning more about more and more different kinds of music and becoming a fan of so many different types and so many different genres.
I don't hate on the whole EDM thing happening in America because, although the music is not of my taste - a little bit brash for me - I think it's also introducing a lot of young people to dance music, and then they're discovering better dance music through it.
I always just experiment with different sounds and styles until I find something that evokes the feeling I'm going for. I'm not trying to think too much about what anyone else is doing.
I play vinyl and CDs. Playing vinyl is the best sound quality you can get playing music loudly, so that's the main reason I do that.
At Coachella, I want to start separating how I do a big festival set from how I do a club set.
My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.
It doesn't make sense for me to try to be, like, a dance dude who only releases two 12-inches a year and then plays every weekend. Making an album, you get to put out a body of work that shows a lot of different sides of you. And you get to work on it for an intense period of time and promote that album. And then you get to move on.
For some producers who are technical-minded, making the song sound good is easy, and getting the emotion into the song is harder.
I'm a mess. My house is full of records, and my computer... I can't find the things that I want. But it usually seems to work out.
I don't feel like I'm very good at making music.
I'm used to making songs; that's how I learned to make music. My structures will always be more like pop songs than dance tracks.
I think Kendrick Lamar is great. It would be cool to do something with him.
I can't imagine doing a DJ set and playing all my own stuff; it'd just be awkward.
I never really learnt from anyone. I just spent a lot of time at home, knocking things out. It has been interesting going into proper studios, working with people who know everything. But I find it doesn't hinder me.
In the U.K. especially, dance music goes in cycles. It's often kids reappropriating sounds they loved when they were younger, but were too young to be a part of.
