You Know, That Was The First Time

Basically, There's A Good Friend Of Mine Who Works At Emi Publishing, A Publishing Company. He Had Asked Me - He Was Like, You Know, Do You Know This Girl, Amy Winehouse? She's In New York For A Day. She's Kind Of Meeting People To Maybe Work With On Her Second Album.

I Think Katy B Encapsulates Young London In A Way I Never Could. She Reps London Harder Than Anyone Song-wise Since Lily Allen.

Dave Guy, The Trumpet Player, Is An Incredible Musician. He Came Into The Studio One Day, And They Had Just Cut A Cover Of "sign, Seal, Deliver" For Something With Sharon Jones, And I Just Was Blown Away By How They Got That Sonic. I Mean, It Was Just So Much The Real Deal.

Being A Die-hard Knicks Fan, I Remember Hunting Down These Orange-and-blue Nikes That They Only Released In England. And I Used To Hunt For Sneakers When I Dj'd In Japan. But Then Nike Flooded The Market With A Head-spinning Array Of Color Combinations And It Just Didn't Seem Cool Anymore.

I Got Into Dj'ing Because I Started To Listen To New York Radio A Lot. Obviously, I Knew The Stuff Everybody Knew, Like Beastie Boys And Public Enemy, But I Heard "who Got The Props" By Black Moon, And I Went Up To This Kid In My School With The Walkman On And Was Like, "what Is This? You Must Tell Me How I Can Get This Now." Because There Was No Shazam Or Googling Lyrics.