--- title: "22 Kind Quotes By DJ Spooky" description: "22 Kind quotes by DJ Spooky. Plus more from DJ Spooky and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/dj-spooky-8230_ambiguous_dj-spooky-was-meant-to-be-a-kind-of-iron_2341688.jpg" --- > [DJ Spooky was meant to be a kind of ironic take on that. It was always meant to be kind of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/dj-spooky-was-meant-to-be-a-kind-of-ironic-take-on-that-it-was-always/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/dj-spooky-8230_ambiguous_dj-spooky-was-meant-to-be-a-kind-of-iron_2341688.jpg) > [Antarctica is one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. I don't think that everyone should go there. I also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/antarctica-is-one-of-the-most-remote-and-beautiful-places-on-earth-i/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/dj-spooky-8230_antarctica_antarctica-is-one-of-the-most-remote-and_3055117.jpg) > [So the physicality of that and the just the sheer lack of urban noise and machinery - just the wind, the water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/so-the-physicality-of-that-and-the-just-the-sheer-lack-of-urban-noise/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/dj-spooky-8230_breaths_so-the-physicality-of-that-and-the-just_1359389.jpg) > [All the major social movements of the 20th century had great soundtracks - We need that. The left needs better propaganda, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/all-the-major-social-movements-of-the-20th-century-had-great/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/dj-spooky-8230_20th-century_all-the-major-social-movements-of-the-20_2145212.jpg) > [When you're coming up with different ways of getting old memories to transform - you're scratching, you're doing all this kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/when-you-re-coming-up-with-different-ways-of-getting-old-memories-to/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/dj-spooky-8230_becoming_when-you-re-coming-up-with-different-way_2028525.jpg) > [I like the idea of it as a trickster motif. You know like you're kind of just messing around with people's memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-like-the-idea-of-it-as-a-trickster-motif-you-know-like-you-re-kind/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/dj-spooky-8230_ideas_i-like-the-idea-of-it-as-a-trickster-mot_2438680.jpg) > [You'll get this kind of psychological relationship to the imagery of the music, but that idea is translated to iPhone apps. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/you-ll-get-this-kind-of-psychological-relationship-to-the-imagery-of/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/052/dj-spooky-8230_apps_you-ll-get-this-kind-of-psychological-re_2885922.jpg) > [There is a complexity and layering that goes on with this kind of thing, so the music is slightly repetitive and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/there-is-a-complexity-and-layering-that-goes-on-with-this-kind-of/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/dj-spooky-8230_complexity_there-is-a-complexity-and-layering-that_2478853.jpg) > [I wanted to do is kind of invoke that and then dive into that kind of repetition as a DJ thing because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-wanted-to-do-is-kind-of-invoke-that-and-then-dive-into-that-kind-of/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/dj-spooky-8230_beats_i-wanted-to-do-is-kind-of-invoke-that-an_1672687.jpg) > [And when I say permanent afternoon, you know, I’m talking like crystal clear, crispy blue sky. All the sudden you didn’t need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/and-when-i-say-permanent-afternoon-you-know-i-m-talking-like-crystal/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b84/dj-spooky-8230_abstract_and-when-i-say-permanent-afternoon-you-k_1601586.jpg) > [On one hand you have a string quartet, which is not a symphony. On the other hand is you have me sampling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/on-one-hand-you-have-a-string-quartet-which-is-not-a-symphony-on-the/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/dj-spooky-8230_borrowed_on-one-hand-you-have-a-string-quartet-wh_2501322.jpg) > [I think record cover sleeves really led towards, but at the same time the album as we know it didn't come into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-think-record-cover-sleeves-really-led-towards-but-at-the-same-time/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/dj-spooky-8230_able_i-think-record-cover-sleeves-really-led_205436.jpg) > [ So he \[Sigmund Freud\] called this "the uncanny" and he also referred to cities as well, like the idea of walking through… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/so-he-sigmund-freud-called-this-the-uncanny-and-he-also-referred-to/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/dj-spooky-8230_cities_so-he-sigmund-freud-called-this-the-unca_1409290.jpg) > [Watching 40 mile chunks of ice break off of Antarctica will change your life forever, but realizing that driving a car, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/watching-40-mile-chunks-of-ice-break-off-of-antarctica-will-change/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0e/dj-spooky-8230_antarctica_watching-40-mile-chunks-of-ice-break-off_2676542.jpg) > [You know we're in a planet surrounded by certain kinds of frequencies and noise. The earth's magnetic sphere makes weird sounds. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/you-know-we-re-in-a-planet-surrounded-by-certain-kinds-of-frequencies/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/dj-spooky-8230_black_you-know-we-re-in-a-planet-surrounded-by_2773746.jpg) > [When you say what is the difference between me and my stage name the idea is that as a musician you always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/when-you-say-what-is-the-difference-between-me-and-my-stage-name-the/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/dj-spooky-8230_certain_when-you-say-what-is-the-difference-betw_469948.jpg) > [So, one, that DJ Spooky is a lot you know this sort of wilder persona and then Paul Miller is more of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/so-one-that-dj-spooky-is-a-lot-you-know-this-sort-of-wilder-persona/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/dj-spooky-8230_bolts_so-one-that-dj-spooky-is-a-lot-you-know_2006956.jpg) > [Most people walk around with headphones on. They're barely encountering or dealing with their fellow person, or if they're in a car…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/most-people-walk-around-with-headphones-on-they-re-barely/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/dj-spooky-8230_car_most-people-walk-around-with-headphones_1704168.jpg) > [Antarctic symphony has a geometric relationship to the landscape. It's saying that this landscape and the minimal kind of, you know I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/antarctic-symphony-has-a-geometric-relationship-to-the-landscape-it-s/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/dj-spooky-8230_geometric_antarctic-symphony-has-a-geometric-relat_2882403.jpg) > [I've tended to find that myths of the near future give people the ability to really kind of explore the present, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-ve-tended-to-find-that-myths-of-the-near-future-give-people-the/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/dj-spooky-8230_ability_i-ve-tended-to-find-that-myths-of-the-ne_431446.jpg) > [Antarctica, one of the things that was so remarkable about it was that the ice itself is a kind of pure geometry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/antarctica-one-of-the-things-that-was-so-remarkable-about-it-was-that/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/dj-spooky-8230_antarctica_antarctica-one-of-the-things-that-was-so_350442.jpg) > [Phonetics, you know speech, all this kind of stuff, phonograph, simple, but when you unpack the meaning it actually kind of expands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/phonetics-you-know-speech-all-this-kind-of-stuff-phonograph-simple/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/dj-spooky-8230_book_phonetics-you-know-speech-all-this-kind_1380573.jpg) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by DJ Spooky > [The world is a very, very, very big record. We just have to learn how to play it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/the-world-is-a-very-very-very-big-record-we-just-have-to-learn-how-to/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [I can only wonder what astronauts must feel like or something like that when you're really in the space of silence and you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-can-only-wonder-what-astronauts-must-feel-like-or-something-like/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [I think record cover sleeves really led towards, but at the same time the album as we know it didn't come into being until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-think-record-cover-sleeves-really-led-towards-but-at-the-same-time/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [You know you don't really need the band or the singer/songwriter in the same way, so you look at everything as part of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/you-know-you-don-t-really-need-the-band-or-the-singer-songwriter-in/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [Antarctica, one of the things that was so remarkable about it was that the ice itself is a kind of pure geometry, so say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/antarctica-one-of-the-things-that-was-so-remarkable-about-it-was-that/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [I'd say most of my work is just trying to make sense of the disorienting and overloaded world that we inhabit. We're bombarded with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-d-say-most-of-my-work-is-just-trying-to-make-sense-of-the/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [I've tended to find that myths of the near future give people the ability to really kind of explore the present, so say for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-ve-tended-to-find-that-myths-of-the-near-future-give-people-the/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [When you say what is the difference between me and my stage name the idea is that as a musician you always think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/when-you-say-what-is-the-difference-between-me-and-my-stage-name-the/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [I have to deal with some dumb folks. It's a real drag.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-have-to-deal-with-some-dumb-folks-it-s-a-real-drag/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [Randomness has an incredibly powerful place in our culture. If you think about it, you can see it driving the algorithms that run our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/randomness-has-an-incredibly-powerful-place-in-our-culture-if-you/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [Sound... if you look at bats you know that navigate with sonar, they're like you know they're very precise. They can even see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/sound-if-you-look-at-bats-you-know-that-navigate-with-sonar-they-re/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [Now if you think about the 20th century and the idea of visual vocabulary the album occupies a really important space in the cultural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/now-if-you-think-about-the-20th-century-and-the-idea-of-visual/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [With multimedia, everything blurs. Software takes the concept of the imagination and makes it something you can edit, tweak, and transform with digital techniques.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/with-multimedia-everything-blurs-software-takes-the-concept-of-the/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [DJ culture is all about collage - sampling, splicing, dicing - everything is part of the mix, and there are no boundaries between sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/dj-culture-is-all-about-collage-sampling-splicing-dicing-everything/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) > [I usually am very specific about how I engage information, how I engage people, what context I'm engaging and, above all, the research that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-usually-am-very-specific-about-how-i-engage-information-how-i/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/dj-spooky/#itemlist", "name": "22 Kind Quotes By DJ Spooky", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "DJ Spooky was meant to be a kind of ironic take on that. 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