Even when I'm travelling - which is when I do most of my writing - I have a little portable keyboard.
I've got a lot of girl mates. Especially when you come to Ibiza and you're an Ibiza DJ, everyone comes out and they want to see you.
Abbey Road was actually one of the first studios I ever got the chance to go to. A friend of mine won a competition and got the chance to spend a day recording there - that's when I was around 15 - and I was the only one who could engineer out of all of us.
At the age of 12, I got free pieces of software in a box of cereal which allowed me to make music, like really early demos, and then I just never looked back.
I saw school as a business and, once I had got what I needed out of it, I left.
But generally I think I'm a good judge of character - you have to be as a DJ to read the crowds and understand their vibes. You can use that to suss out a lot of people.
I don't drink or party. There's literally no time for that. As soon as I finish a show, I go straight back to the hotel room, do emails, I sleep, that's it.
I try to find very simplistic melodies, which are the hardest ones to create.
I don't get along with many people, especially in studios. I'm quite blunt and I know what I want - and songwriters are very sensitive people.
I'm a little bit of a show-off; I just wanted to get girls and be popular.
If I'm honest, I never knew 'Fast Car' was going to be my first single.
The one thing about Essex is that there's a lot of people there that are into their soul music. And I'm talking '80s and '70s soul music, that was a big part of my childhood, there was Al Green, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, people like that.
At times, for sure, I do love a party. However, I do love going back to my room and putting on 'Only Fools And Horses' and having a cup of tea.
As much my music is dance music, it is also pop.
The focus is on melody: If you get it right, and it connects to the mass audience, it doesn't matter if it's a studio album or played on the dance floor.
My version of 'Fast Car' is in the same key as the original. To me that is where all the emotion lies.
I've been writing since I was 12 years old.
I come from a songwriter background, so essentially with my music, I'm trying to make songs that will last a lifetime and although 'Fast Car' was a cover, it reflects what I'm trying to do.
Trying to write new music is definitely daunting, but I try not to overthink it.
My music is very global.
