Mark Ronson

“I had a somewhat frenetic childhood because my mum and dad split up when I was five, and then my mum remarried.”

“I'd be saying, 'No, I'm so not a DJ, I'm a producer.' But no matter how much faith you may have in yourself, until you have a hit you can't really run around telling everyone you're a producer.”

“I think Katy B encapsulates young London in a way I never could. She reps London harder than anyone song-wise since Lily Allen.”

“I don't think I've got an innate sense of style, but I guess I'm influenced by those I love and admire. You hope that you combine those influences in a way that becomes your own.”

“When I started 'Record Collection,' I had no idea that it would come out sounding the way that it did, and that's one of the best things about the creative process, taking turns with the things you didn't know.”

“A 'GQ' award is kind of, like, insane. It's a huge thing.”

“I know it sounds really lame and hater-ish, but I think 2009 was maybe the worst year for music ever.”

“My mother was incredibly strict, especially when we moved to New York. Compared with most of the American parents, who seemed so relaxed with their children, my mother was virtually a dictator.”

“I think I have an inherent modest level of stress, but I'm only super-aware of it when it goes away, when I'm on holiday and I think, 'Oh this feels pretty good.'”

“You draw the best things from your parents and family. You're going to pick up some of the bad things as well - there's a temper that runs through my dad's side of the family that I'm not especially keen on picking up a giant block of.”

“My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.”

“Sometimes I have to shut off the omnipresent disco ball and flashing lights that are always in my head. It's a part of maturing, I guess - just learning that it's not just always about a quick, easy fix of getting people to dance.”

“I didn't start making music in order to be famous.”

“I'd been DJ-ing in these clubs in N.Y. and I hated everything that was coming out. So I decided I would make it myself. People were making mash-ups or remixes, but I was extra bored, so I actually started remaking these records from scratch.”

“I knew I wanted to be in music, but I didn't know my role, so I did everything from interning at Rolling Stone to writing heavy metal fanzines to playing in a high-school band, and I think all those things probably helped in a way.”

“I don't have a crazy rider clause saying I have to stay at fancy hotels. I don't have a problem with staying at a Marriott. But I will admit that I've gotten just basic, regular service there.”

“I never had that wicked stepmother or evil stepfather thing at all. I'm very close to both step-parents and I consider them to be my parents, too.”

“Stevie Wonder doing 'We Can Work It Out' by the Beatles is one of my favorite records of all time.”

“D'Angelo could sing the phonebook and it would sound good.”

“I never studied jazz technically; I just know and love the music.”