Diplo

Snapchat's the place where people are hearing and learning about culture. ”

You can never figure out what the future sounds like. As soon as you make it, it's the past. ”

My first production job after M.I.A. was actually the xx, but they didn't like what I did, and at the end of the day, we used their demos. ”

I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Then I started DJ'ing because I just wanted to have a new job. ”

I was a schoolteacher for a while, and it was the worst job. ”

When I first started producing, all I had was this little crappy sampler called a S20, which had, like, a minute sample time. I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Then I started DJ'ing because I just wanted to have a new job. I was a schoolteacher for a while, and it was the worst job. ”

You always have to evolve - the minute you start building a moat around you to keep yourself safe, you're going to lose. ”

I've realised that if I aim for a successful record, I probably won't have any success. But if I keep making weird things, then hopefully the audiences will come to us. ”

I was never good at scratching, but I was good at collecting old records. Florida was a great place for that, because it's where people go to die. ”

When I worked with M.I.A., who was, like, the coolest person back then, she was just a girl I met on the Internet. Or even when I met Azealia Banks on Myspace, I never thought, 'Oh, she's cool.' I just loved what she was doing. So I've always been like that. And I think, as a producer, that's what you've gotta do. ”