Cutting and pasting is the essence of what hip-hop culture is all about for me. It's about drawing from what's around you, and subverting it and decontextualizing it. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre. — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
