I love doing things that people don't expect..

My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I ….

I think that Detroiters are some of the most resilient people in the world..

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything..

Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit..

I didn't appreciate Mick Jagger until I got older, and mainly because of the Mick Jagger swagger. He defined that for the world. He was bold and adve….

Even when I was a hip-hop DJ I always kept it classy. The motto is always 'flashy but classy.' You've got to be original and stand out from the crowd….

A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They were cranking out 10 songs a day….

I just want to have fun and party with everyone around the world. That's the only rule, to have fun..

I DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I'll never stop. That's my security blanket, that's what I'm good at. I still consider myself a better ….

My grandma Ricky - that's where I got classic look from. She was the most stylish person ever. She had her own clothing store and even her furniture ….

I'm trying to just drop so much music that people cannot ignore it..

Hip-hop was my first real love, one that was my own and wasn't my parents' music. Initially, I was inspired by hip-hop fashion. Over the years, I kep….

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can..

Marvin Gaye was the ultimate ladies' man and a big part of that was the way he dressed. If you're having trouble getting ladies, step your suit game ….

I was a hip-hop head. When I really found my own lane in music, it was hip-hop. I wanted to make hip-hop music. And I did, I made a lot of hip-hop mu….

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically..

My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things..

That's one of the most important things to me is that Detroit and Ann Arbor got my back. If you don't have hometown love, then what's the point?.

I shopped at J. Crew in high school, I studied computer science. I was a nerd-nerd, now I'm a music-nerd..

I never have, but I would love to pick R. Kelly's brain..