Diplo

I used to be a record collector. Mark Ronson, Questlove and I used to be part of, like, a record-trading crew. ”

Even in America, we're not a huge act by any means, Major Lazer. ”

Good bands won't get famous anymore unless they get really lucky. ”

I appreciate people who are authentic. Someone who just wants to be cool, I can tell when their intentions aren't right. ”

To me, rap music is bigger than who's the coolest rapper, the biggest rapper. It's everything about your personality. ”

Klaus from the Teddybears, Bloodshy and Avant and Mike Snow, they've done lots of Britney Spears production. They went backwards from production to being in a band, which might be cool. I might do that, too, one day. ”

I think Usher is a bonafide superstar because he's very honest in his songs, and people can relate to that, especially in the feelings and textures of his voice. He is one of the best. ”

Dancehall has always had a homophobic problem, but you go to dance parties in Jamaica, and some of the biggest dancers are kinda gay, just not outspoken about it. Dancehall was the first kind of music I was DJing, and it was always more about the rhythm. ”

I used the name Diplo at one show when I was really young, and it just stuck. I never meant to keep it. But it's kinda cool. ”

I think one of the reasons I've been successful is that I can see things before other people do. I've always been able to do it. ”