I would much rather people kick and scream and tear their hair out and accuse me of all kinds of blasphemy, than… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
People love drama, and if you aren't really interested in perpetuating that, it keeps you from exploding on a mainstream stage. I'm… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I realized that people don't quite understand what I do when I was the new kid on the block and a lot… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay. — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Frequently, when I'm compared to someone, I'm like, "Is that really what people think I sound like?" — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I got asked to remix a lot of movie themes, like Mission Impossible, which other people ended up doing quite well. But… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Things go wrong when the people who control that world stop listening to their own instincts and start catering to their fan… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I've been on a major label for 14 years. I've always wanted as many people as possible to hear my music, and… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I saw. I wanted to start my own store so people would know that what they were buying was real. There were… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I've tried to tell people that the reason I don't really get excited over good press is that I don't want to… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
It's about respecting what I think people like about the original music. I'm not gonna ever take it to the extent that… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I feel like you're being coy if you don't do something and celebrate the 20th or 25th anniversary in some way. Just… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Another one of my favourite sayings is, you can't handpick your audience. I feel like I'm making music for people who think… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Incidentally, the very, very first review that James Lavelle and I saw of Endtroducing was very negative! It was in The Wire,… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I feel less and less like that every year, and I guess maybe even more so with every new record that I… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
The reason why it is that strong, and why HipHop is so inbred, is that there is a very structured wheel, a… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
The story I always recite - and have had to recite so many times over the years to different lawyers and different… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Everything right now tends to be the same and very aggressive, and I think people are getting a little burned out on… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
My core values are still the same about music, and my work ethic, and what I want to represent to people. — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Through it all, the words of John Peel echo strongly within me: you have support the music that's being made now. You have to… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
Like a lot of other DJs, I've been wondering when the first DJ game was going to happen. Somebody even pitched me on their… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
I was asked to do TV ads for Macintosh. Nowadays, I think anybody would jump at that but, at the time, it didn't feel… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
Sometimes there's this balance: if you try to clear 10 things you'll probably get lucky and be able to clear most of them, or… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
When I make music, it takes me two hours to get into the flow. To me it's like tapping into some kind of subconscious… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
If I wanted to contribute to the hyphy movement, what good is it making a hyphy record that isn't embraced by that community? — DJ Shadow Copy Share
I think a band - even a band that's been around as long as the Rolling Stones - I think that's still the formula.… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre. — DJ Shadow Copy Share
I always like to remain a fan, put it that way: and I like to hold the idealised version of what these artists are… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
Any good album title has multiple meanings, and I like choosing titles where I find myself repeating it, almost like a mantra. — DJ Shadow Copy Share
The story I always recite - and have had to recite so many times over the years to different lawyers and different people within… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
I almost feel like there's some kind of connection that I'm having trouble putting in to words, in the same sense that I'm learning… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
I think I would be much more enthusiastic about a band that covered more than just one particular album of mine. I don't ever… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
Yeah, I do. HipHop was, though I would not say all, cause I try to keep myself open to other things, but nearly all… — DJ Shadow Copy Share
![“I saw. I wanted to start my own store so people would know that what they were buying was real. There were bootlegs around at the time that had my name on the cover, but the music had nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to compare myself to [Jimmie] Hendrix, but back in the '70s, there were some…” quote by DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/371/dj-shadow-9306_buying_i-saw-i-wanted-to-start-my-own-store-so_1621476.jpg)
