"I got involved with a friend of mine who used to run a record shop in Walthamstow and a record label called Small Wonder Records - I used to go around to all the Punk clubs acting as a talent scout.  That basically is how I got involved in clubs in the first place, because the only way you can get on in London- and I hate to say it - is by who you know because there's so much competition and so many tight knit little groups of people that, if you're not in one of those, basically you're fucked, you can't get anywhere.  So what I used to do is just hang out in clubs every night and get to know as many people in the music business as I could."

"I got into DJing through Pirate radio,   Radio Caroline, Radio London and all those radio stations had started.   I would do house parties for friends, because I would always take a batch of records 'cause I wasn't into dancing, so I would stand in the corner plonking on one record at a time.  I remember the first time I actually DJed properly was at the Marquee Club for a guy called Jerry Floyd who was sick on night.  Then my first proper club was Cha Cha's which was in the Sound Shaft next to Heaven, that was run by Scarlet and we had people like Boy George and Steve Strange there- that was about the time Boy George released his first record 'White Boy'.

"I always liked John Peel and when I was eighteen I met him.  He invited me in to the studio when he first started on Radio One and I got to know and talk to him.  What I liked about him was the fact that he played everything and I've always kept that in my head to be completely open minded."

"This is reflected in what  I play as I like music that pushed the boundaries further.  I'm always trying to open people's minds and make them aware of music they might not be aware of, so I've always seen myself as the sort of DJ really."

"When I first  started, DJs were just people who played records, and half the time  people used to think that there was just a tape player, and I liked that.  I liked the fact that you could be a DJ and disappear and not be important, because I never wanted to be famous.  Now it's all totally changed over the years, and like you say,  the DJ is in this huge position of power now and that's not the reason I started off.  Sometimes it's a real pain in the neck and I mean.  I have been doing  it a long time.  But overall, I love the life.  The upside outweighs the downside."

"I made the transition to house whilst working at several gay clubs and at Camden Palace on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights - Saturday nights was with Eddie Richards and we used to play everything from Hip Hop, High Energy,  David Bowie, Simple Minds, James Brown and all the old Disco stuff, the whole lot.  The thing that shook it all up was when 'Planet Rock' came out by the Soul Sonic Force, and from then on I just got totally into that.  I'd always been into Kiss FM in America, that was my inspiration, listening to their master mix tapes.  So House music - when it started coming out of  Chicago - I would go down to Dean Street to buy on import because I loved it.

"There are a number of nights that I particularly remember,   The Shoom Club was always great,  but there's been hundreds of one=off parties, mostly a lot of the illegal parties like 'RIP' at the Dungeon in Lea Bridge Road and 'Knowledge' when it first began.   I went to the Paradise Garage in New York and that was one of the most memorable club nights that has happened to me.