Tell me some of your thoughts with regards to techno and tech-house. You had a story about playing one of your songs ("Sandcastles") in Miami last year and you were a little nervous that the crowd might be too freaked out about hearing tech-house?

Well with "Sandcastles" we were kind of scared, but sometimes you have to go backwards to take two steps forward. And when I played that in Miami everyone looked at me like I was crazy.

And they ended up liking it in the end!

But then all the soulful heads started to play it. We couldn't understand how the hell that happened!

How long did it take for them to warm up to it?

Around six or seven months.

When you break in a song do you find that they tend to love it right away or is it a constant repetition with it?

For some odd reason, my songs seem to take some time to sink in.

And then they become big hits!

And then they're hits. I don't understand it. Some people, they get it and it jumps off right away. My songs seem to have a longevity to them which I really can't explain.

Are there any that became immediate hits from the songs you've done?

No, it's always a slow burn. It's crazy! I mean love it - don't get me wrong - because my songs have more lasting power than most people's. But it's always a slow burn and then it turns into a huge thing.

Are you working with anyone right now or are you just by yourself?

I do everything myself... engineer, mix, the whole thing. What you hear - that's all me.

Do you not like collaborating with other people?

I'm not a big fan of collaboration unless... See, collaborations don't work unless you respect the person to a high degree. They just don't work. And I'm the kind of person... I don't respect too many people! [laughs]

Oooh! Do you have any favorite producers right now?

A few favorites. You know I'd love to do some of the songwriting to Frankie Feliciano, Kerri Chandler... There's a bunch of them.

Do you like to go out to clubs still?

I go out to clubs every weekend. I play a lot on weekends so the times I do get to hang out, I mean I really enjoy it because it's just me. Not working.

Over the past few years I thought 2-step was blowing up over here and I wanted to know what your thoughts are about that style.

Good ole 2-step from the UK! That's been around since '94! To some people it's great. To me, I'm more of a vocal kind of guy. I like to hear a good song, something that I can remember.