To me a lot of electronic music out there is too serious. I'm a bit fed up with DJs who take themselves too seriously and don't smile.

I never take drugs. I took ecstasy when I was in Ibiza once, but it didn't work for me. I think I was already on ecstasy when I was born.

I got introduced to the rave scene in 1992. At the time I was into skateboarding; I listened to a little hip-hop but was mainly into heavy metal and grunge.

I've been drunk maybe five times in my life. I don't like to lose control very much.

Some people started to call me "the King of No" because with Daft Punk we were saying "no" to everything.

When I want something, I want it now, and Daft Punk taught me to be more patient.

When I first walked through the doors of Rex Club, I realized that I didn't have to travel to raves outside the city to enjoy techno.

The great thing about the electronic music scene is that everybody can be part of it either by dancing, DJing, or organizing a party.

I at least want to keep having fun, and the rest we will see.

Many people think if you say "no" you just do this to negotiate a better deal, and they didn't understand that Daft Punk really meant "no" because they didn't want to do certain things.

There are some things that you have to consider when using MySpace, and a lot of big labels don't do this.

Love is the strength of the human heart.

Liquor is not a necessity. It is a means of momentarily sidestepping necessity.

It was time to move on, to dance with life again.

racism is alive and doing too well in America.

I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking. But I also have things to give them.

Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.

Hard-core structural poverty has a counterpart at the apex: hard-core structural affluence.

You can't win by being more average than average.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

A life that is without problems may literally be more hopeless, than one that always verges on despair.