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" It's always the first 10,000 SoundCloud listens; that was definitely a big moment, seeing the online stuff grow and crowds grow. "

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" Great songwriting will never die - it's in the DNA of music - but what's new and exciting is pairing that with new sounds that technology is enabling us to make. "

" Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first. "

" 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'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff. "

" I want to be creative in as many different environments as possible, whether it's doing film scores, writing for TV ads or video games - all sorts of stuff, as long as it requires writing music. "

" For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public, but it's just not really my personality, and it's not really why I'm into this. I like making art, and that's it. I don't really want to be a celebrity, seriously. I like my privacy. "

" Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around. "

" I just want to write another record that's as good or better than the one I've already made. That's my main goal, to follow up stronger than before. "

" I definitely wanted the second record to be a much more grandiose thing. I wanted to push myself and make a big statement. "

" I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting. "

" I wanna make weird stuff. "

" Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age. "

" I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music. "

" I find that if I interact more, the crowd gets way more into the music. We also have a full live show happening, and I have lighting crew that travels around with me. We've got this Infinity Prism thing, which is lots of fun. It's an optical illusion device that we carry around. "

" I want to fuse the abrasive and the beautiful. "

" On stage, I like to dress up a bit. I'm not scared to be like a character up there. "

" I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?' "

" 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 could do another tour, make a record that's very similar, do similar venues. Or I could make a different record, do different venues, and grow. It's exciting to take it to new places, but it's never been my intent to be the biggest thing in the world. That's not what my drive is. I want to make what I want to make, and make a living off it. "

" I've grown up by the beach all my life, and I almost get anxiety if I haven't been swimming for a couple weeks or a month. It kind of builds up, so I try and get out as much as possible. "

" I did a few DJ gigs at empty clubs, sort of as a warm-up set before Flume was a thing. I did one when I got big enough, and I had five friends come down, and they were the only ones dancing. That was one of my earliest ones. I was super nervous. "

" With Spotify, I think people are discovering a lot of artists they might not discover otherwise. "

" What So Not used to be a lot more dance-y, and now it's becoming a lot more melodic. Flume has always had that melodic thing, but it's starting to become a bit heavier, so it's just difficult to navigate between the two. "

" I think it would be nice to see more of an open culture to different music. "

" Sydney's beautiful, the weather's great, and the air's fresh and clean, but it doesn't have the scene and the amount of likeminded people. At home, things are very comfortable, but I feel like putting myself out there a bit. "

" I'd like to do some crazy art installations and design some weird synthesizers and work with other people and make some fun stuff for a bit. Maybe tap into virtual reality stuff or maybe write another record... We'll see. "

" My main inspirations come from early '90s Trance, the French electro movement round '06, then a bunch of artists like Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Moby, The Prodigy. So I'd say it's some kind of experimental electronica with a strong hip hop influence. It's chilled, but people can still get super crazy and dance to it. "

" The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm. "

" I think Sydney has so much natural beauty; it's just a beautiful city. "

" 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. "