Jonas Blue

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

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

It's the worst feeling, going into your record label when you haven't got a hit. It was like: 'Maybe you've lost it.' And, once you're done, that's it. There's no support, or anyone to help you.

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

I've always wanted to be a star.

When I was seven years old I played the flute, then by 11 I quit being a musician and got into Djing.

The way it always starts with me making my music is I will never, ever start with the production first. It's always me at the piano, fresh on the day. I never come with anything prepared.

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.

I was a musician first of all.

I got into DJing because that was the coolest thing to do and I've never looked back.

I was a bit of a hot head when I was younger so I used to burn a lot of bridges.

I'm very close to my family but this life moves so fast. Coming off stage, you're so tired so forget to make the call or send the text. By then five days have gone by and you haven't spoken to your family.

I used to follow artistes like David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia a lot before making a full fledged career in EDM... their music inspired me too much.

I think the best thing about performing as producer is to hear the fans sing along with your tunes.

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

I got on a bit of a rollercoaster looking into how Herbie Hancock used to make his tunes, and I remember a picture of Jean-Michel Jarre at one of his concerts and seeing the Memorymoog. When I heard the sound it I was like, 'Arrrgh, I really need that.'

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 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?

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