I remember a discussion with a panel of experts, I asked a question to one of the moderators: "Why is it so difficult for a foreign DJ to play in a c….

That's the main thing. People have to feel it's real. If they feel there's something commercial or some fake thing behind it, then the feeling is def….

My policy has always been to play new music. New beat, industrial, techno, disco, funk, rare groove and house music..

I think that is a great, great thing, to create your own identity and foster a true family spirit..

If you just take the time to look, then yeah, you will find some really great music in Holland. Just scratch the surface and look underneath the corp….

There are so many international musical connections here, in Amsterdam. And some of them are amazingly successful..

Of course I knew disco and dub from years before but I never heard such a radical new sound like house. It blew my mind!.

I probably am very sensitive for energies that come together at the right moment. And that energy, I like to transform it into a party or a club. Som….

The Dutch have a can-do mentality, anything is possible. As long as you pay for it. It is very capitalist. Quite American in a way..

Even nowadays some people see me as a "vreemde eend in de bijt" [translated literally as the strange duck in the pond. In other words, an outsider]..

For me nightlife is like everyday life's mirror..

When you hear the music of these celebrated Dutch superstar-DJs nowadays... my God, I wouldn't even feed their music to my dog. I don't consider that….

The way Electronic Dance Music [EDM] is manipulated and exported to the world is a very strong, and "total" concept. But it's not that interesting ar….

That has always been my biggest ambition. To bring people together. To achieve a family spirit. Because then, you can actually do anything, because p….

Most of this innovative new music doesn't make money so it's regarded as uninteresting for the business people and considered as "underground"..

People are receptive in the best way when they are together enjoying themselves in a club; with others who are on the same wavelength. Then the exper….

I was born in Belgium and moved to Amsterdam when I was 17. I am not a Calvinist Dutchman but a Catholic Belgian. I think that makes a big difference..

Holland is very good at avant garde, probably due to the Dutch character. Good at design. Experimentation sometimes works here very well..

A scene can be created when people are coming together. Either to shop or to hang out..

I like to move. Because that's where the action comes from..

I travel all the time. I'm very restless you know..