I was delivering papers when I was, like, 10 or 11, and I'd always daydream about being an artist as a full-time thing.
There's no person I aspire to be. I'm just doing my own thing and seeing what happens - not looking to something and trying to be that.
There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always the biggest ones.
It's always the first 10,000 SoundCloud listens; that was definitely a big moment, seeing the online stuff grow and crowds grow.
I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.
The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals?
I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals? It's very stuck, whereas with electronic music, new sounds are being created.
I was nine, and I was shopping in a supermarket with my dad. There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.
I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.
To me, skin is alien and kind of weird; it weirds me out. It's strange, but it's also really intimate and personal; it's living, organic. That's how I want the music to sound; I want it to feel alien and strange, but also like it's got a heartbeat, like it's got a soul, like it's not made by a robot.
Australia is so influenced by America. It's kind of in-between the U.K. and the States.
There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always the biggest ones. I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music. I think that's happening. With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise.
This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
I get bored of music really easily, so I always try and make music that makes sense, but then it's just a little bit wrong.
Back in the day, I had this fluoro pink hoodie that I thought was the coolest thing ever. Left it at a party and never saw it again. Probably the best thing that could have happened.
I wanna make weird stuff.