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I spent a good amount of time with David Bowie, and I was talking about getting the band back together. He said, 'Does it make you uncomfortable?' I said 'Yeah,', and he said, 'Good. It should. You should be uncomfortable.'

If there was a direct influence on a song, I never hid it.

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Punk rock, to me, was always outsiderness. When I first saw large-group-scene punk rock, I was repelled by it, because there were way too many people who agreed with each other.

Making people dance has another function that has nothing to do with art, and I mean that in the most positive way possible. It's like food - if you're not eating it, you're doing something wrong. If they're not dancing,...

The plan is to keep on putting out records until someone shows up and tells us to stop.

When I do a remix, I try to think about what I don't have in my bag and create something to fill that gap.

One of the things that I think is special about DJing is creating this atmosphere of collectiveness, as if to say, 'We're all in this together.'

I wouldn't say I'm a friend of David Byrne, but I guess I'm an acquaintance. I'm obviously an admirer, and we've met, but we don't call and chat about 'Breaking Bad' or anything.

Those early years in New Jersey were amazing. We lived in a really small town with tons of kids my age. There were fields and woods and a creek - it was a pretty ideal place to be a little...

I was always just blown away by David Bowie and how mannered the guy was willing to be. It was so far from what I imagined someone with my confidence to be capable of.

I always wished I had a more flamboyant streak, but it's just not what I'm made of.

I moved to New York in 1989 and went to study at NYU.

For most of my life, making music has cost me money. So I learned to live very, very cheaply.

I got a phone message from Janet Jackson saying, 'Hi, I love 'Losing My Edge', can you do me something funky and dirty like that?' I can't really do off-the-peg stuff, so I never called back.

I don't write off silly pop people at all, because you never know where they're coming from.

I like clever lyrics, funny lyrics, dumb lyrics. I can never put my finger on what I like about them.

I'm generally a very optimistic guy.

One of my favorite photographers is Ruvan Wijesooriya, who takes most of the LCD photos. His work is incredibly colloquial and raw.

I don't see myself as necessarily a very creative person. I'm a technical guy.

I have an interest in everything, but I don't have an interest in starting new careers.

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