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Being in L.A. has definitely given me the opportunity to experience how my music sounds in real life because I can drive around and listen to the mixes, which I couldn't do in New York. I get to feel how a song works in combination with a sunset and a drive through the mountains.

I can live for my music, but I don't need to be recognized everywhere.

The music scene is more competitive in the States.

I like to take music from everywhere and put it in my style and let it be accepted.

You're surrounded by electronic music in New York. I mean New York is one of the few places in North America where electronic music is the prevalent form.

I moved my studio to Palm Springs 'cause I don't like the idea of going to a studio every day like a job... I need to make a personal record, so I need to be in a house... I don't want to be in a studio where people can hear the music 'cause I don't know what it is yet.

Music is supposed to be an escape. It's supposed to be somewhere you go, where you can be yourself, or be whatever you want to be.

There's more musical freedom on Madison Avenue than anywhere else. It's an Eden for a composer.

I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.