--- title: "23 Knows Quotes By DJ Spooky" description: "23 Knows quotes by DJ Spooky. Plus more from DJ Spooky and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/dj-spooky-8230_antarctica_antarctica-is-one-of-the-most-remote-and_3055117.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) > [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) > [In fact, if you look at the root word of phonograph it just means phonetics of graphology, phono-graph, writing with sound, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/in-fact-if-you-look-at-the-root-word-of-phonograph-it-just-means/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/dj-spooky-8230_facts_in-fact-if-you-look-at-the-root-word-of_3203104.jpg) > [So sound art I'm always intrigued with how little we use of other senses and we just prioritize the eye and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/so-sound-art-i-m-always-intrigued-with-how-little-we-use-of-other/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/dj-spooky-8230_art_so-sound-art-i-m-always-intrigued-with-h_2609873.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) > [When you think about a composer you know like Wagner or Pier Boulez or something like that most of the issues a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/when-you-think-about-a-composer-you-know-like-wagner-or-pier-boulez/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/dj-spooky-8230_composer_when-you-think-about-a-composer-you-know_2553739.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) > [Sound... if you look at bats you know that navigate with sonar, they're like you know they're very precise. They can even…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/dj-spooky-8230_bats_sound-if-you-look-at-bats-you-know-that_549277.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) > [So Bach, Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, these are all people who would sort of rearrange or take riffs from people. Same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/so-bach-beethoven-duke-ellington-thelonius-monk-these-are-all-people/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/dj-spooky-8230_dukes_so-bach-beethoven-duke-ellington-theloni_780037.jpg) > [Downtown New York, I'm within certain styles of music and I'm also within certain cultural, you know, and literary context. So DJ…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/downtown-new-york-i-m-within-certain-styles-of-music-and-i-m-also/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/dj-spooky-8230_certain_downtown-new-york-i-m-within-certain-sty_3141073.jpg) > [Whales, for example, also navigate with sound, but they're now beginning to be beached because the ocean is getting too noisy. Weird…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/whales-for-example-also-navigate-with-sound-but-they-re-now-beginning/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd9/dj-spooky-8230_eerie_whales-for-example-also-navigate-with-so_2155417.jpg) > [You know, in the sentence of humanity this place needs to be a parentheses. And when I say parentheses I mean I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/you-know-in-the-sentence-of-humanity-this-place-needs-to-be-a/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/dj-spooky-8230_bottom_you-know-in-the-sentence-of-humanity-thi_1510977.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) > [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) > [First and foremost one, I was never planning on doing this as a long term, so Spooky, I was in college... It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/first-and-foremost-one-i-was-never-planning-on-doing-this-as-a-long/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/dj-spooky-8230_college_first-and-foremost-one-i-was-never-plann_1375734.jpg) > [You know you don't really need the band or the singer/songwriter in the same way, so you look at everything as part…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f51/dj-spooky-8230_band_you-know-you-don-t-really-need-the-band_339801.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) > [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) > [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 Knows ## 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/knows/dj-spooky/#itemlist", "name": "23 Knows Quotes By DJ Spooky", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Antarctica is one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. 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