My weakness is women.

I think some people have this thing where just because you do singles that means you're not a real artist. It's like hold on a minute - I'm selling millions of records here and been streamed billions of times... How can I not be taken as a real artist just because these songs are singles?

I love the idea of Pro Tools, but it doesn't seem as attractive to me in terms of the music-making side. It's great for recording, but with Logic you get the best of both worlds, the ability to do great tracking and producing something that sounds great as well.

I've got a lot of girl mates. Especially when you come to Ibiza and you're an Ibiza DJ, everyone comes out and they want to see you.

I'm always up for collaborating with people who are slightly leftfield.

Obviously the music I listened to growing up helped create my musical pallet. My parents were into pop, soul, disco, RNB, Latin, jazz and Middle Eastern music.

At the age of 12, I got free pieces of software in a box of cereal which allowed me to make music, like really early demos, and then I just never looked back.

I hate mess. I have the worst OCD so I'm not a hoarder of clothes.

I like releasing singles because I can get them out there quickly and it's based on the changes, the sounds that are going on all around the world that I'm hearing and just a whole different bunch of influences which is sometimes hard to get across on an album because it can take a few months or a year to come along.

Definitely India is one place I'd love to travel to and play.

DJs are the new rock stars.

I was never in this for the money. It's all about the passion for the music.

Albums are great but for an artist like me, I don't think albums are the way to go.

At times, for sure, I do love a party. However, I do love going back to my room and putting on 'Only Fools And Horses' and having a cup of tea.

I don't sing. I'm the worst singer in the world!

I think when 'Perfect Strangers' landed and was so well received, it was a magic moment.

I've always wanted to collaborate with Shawn Mendes, he's an amazing artist, but the thing with Shawn is that I won't collaborate... me just sending some beats. It has to be in the studio where we'd both be there recording together.

I was a musician first of all.

I made Fast Car just in my spare time with no real hopes for it at all.

My mates are absolute nutters. They're all Essex boys in the true sense and they definitely keep my feet on the ground.

Abbey Road was actually one of the first studios I ever got the chance to go to. A friend of mine won a competition and got the chance to spend a day recording there - that's when I was around 15 - and I was the only one who could engineer out of all of us.

I've always wanted to be a star.

Before I hit any country I always do my research. I look at what's on the chart there, what's worked in the last few years. As a deejay, as a producer, that's when I get editing. I bring my own edits of tracks that are really cool and happening out there.

I played the Azteca Stadium in Mexico to 100,000 people - that's something I never thought I'd do.

I buy new white tees pretty much every week because they fade and I like them super fresh.

Especially when I finish one of my songs I play it to my friends who are just normal people and not people in the music business.

I prank my manager. I tell him I've lost my passport, or I've lost my case, or I hide his case. He is so gullible, he is the most gullible person ever.

I saw school as a business and, once I had got what I needed out of it, I left.

The 'I Wanna Dance' hook actually came to me when I was in bed and just in that lucid moment between consciousness and sleep... I jumped out of bed and recorded a voice note of the vocal hook and I went into the studio the next day fully inspired.

But generally I think I'm a good judge of character - you have to be as a DJ to read the crowds and understand their vibes. You can use that to suss out a lot of people.

To be honest, I'm like a sponge so my inspiration and influences really can come from anywhere.

I don't drink or party. There's literally no time for that. As soon as I finish a show, I go straight back to the hotel room, do emails, I sleep, that's it.

I try to find very simplistic melodies, which are the hardest ones to create.

I don't get along with many people, especially in studios. I'm quite blunt and I know what I want - and songwriters are very sensitive people.

I'm a little bit of a show-off; I just wanted to get girls and be popular.

If I'm honest, I never knew 'Fast Car' was going to be my first single.

The one thing about Essex is that there's a lot of people there that are into their soul music. And I'm talking '80s and '70s soul music, that was a big part of my childhood, there was Al Green, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, people like that.

As much my music is dance music, it is also pop.

The focus is on melody: If you get it right, and it connects to the mass audience, it doesn't matter if it's a studio album or played on the dance floor.

My version of 'Fast Car' is in the same key as the original. To me that is where all the emotion lies.

I've been writing since I was 12 years old.

I come from a songwriter background, so essentially with my music, I'm trying to make songs that will last a lifetime and although 'Fast Car' was a cover, it reflects what I'm trying to do.

Trying to write new music is definitely daunting, but I try not to overthink it.

My music is very global.

I grew up with all different genres of music, and I want to include that in my production as well.

I love touring, it gives me the ability to see the world and meet some amazing people who are into my music.

What is pop music? It's not a genre. It's just the music that is popular at a given point in time.

Instead of the Beatles and the Stones, my mum and dad were listening to Michael Jackson, Barry White.

I know it sounds weird for a 12-year-old to say that he wants to start writing songs, but that's what happened.

I find in America, actually, I actually prefer it because it's all about energy. It's all about making everyone feel happy and smiling. In the U.K. sometimes people are a bit too concerned about, 'Did you play that track? Did you play that track?' It's not so much about the music in the U.K.