--- title: "14 Music Quotes By DJ Spooky" description: "14 Music quotes by DJ Spooky. Plus more from DJ Spooky and more Music sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/dj-spooky-8230_audience_i-think-that-the-audience-intuitively-un_1225784.jpg" --- > [I think that the audience intuitively understands the idea of sampling and remixing stories. That's why electronic music is global.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-think-that-the-audience-intuitively-understands-the-idea-of/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/dj-spooky-8230_audience_i-think-that-the-audience-intuitively-un_1225784.jpg) > [I was never planning on being a musician. It's basically a hobby that sprawled out of control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-was-never-planning-on-being-a-musician-it-s-basically-a-hobby-that/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/dj-spooky-8230_hobbies_i-was-never-planning-on-being-a-musician_1204912.jpg) > [Try this experiment: one day go in a record store and just try and guess what the music sounds like by looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/try-this-experiment-one-day-go-in-a-record-store-and-just-try-and/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/089/dj-spooky-8230_album-cover_try-this-experiment-one-day-go-in-a-reco_2198795.jpg) > [I think that electronic music mirrors the complexity of "information landscapes." You carry the terrain in your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-think-that-electronic-music-mirrors-the-complexity-of-information/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/dj-spooky-8230_complexity_i-think-that-electronic-music-mirrors-th_2016913.jpg) > [It's like the iPod playlist has killed the way we think of the normal album, so let's think of this as just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/it-s-like-the-ipod-playlist-has-killed-the-way-we-think-of-the-normal/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/dj-spooky-8230_albums_it-s-like-the-ipod-playlist-has-killed-t_1601068.jpg) > [Music, art, and literature are inseparable for me. How does "composition" evolve in a music and art context? It's a question we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/music-art-and-literature-are-inseparable-for-me-how-does-composition/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/dj-spooky-8230_answers_music-art-and-literature-are-inseparable_2719799.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) > [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) > [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) > [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) > [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) > [I wanted to do with Antarctica was say let's hit the reset button on that and see what happens to your creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-spooky/i-wanted-to-do-with-antarctica-was-say-let-s-hit-the-reset-button-on/) [DJ Spooky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-spooky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/dj-spooky-8230_antarctica_i-wanted-to-do-with-antarctica-was-say-l_1807886.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) > [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) ## Other authors on Music - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 101 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-moby-68765.jpg) Moby 95 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/moby/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brian-eno-19492.jpg) Brian Eno 91 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/brian-eno/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-rollins-41662.jpg) Henry Rollins 82 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/henry-rollins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lennon-51796.jpg) John Lennon 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/john-lennon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lady-gaga-58306.jpg) Lady Gaga 73 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/lady-gaga/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wynton-marsalis-96408.jpg) Wynton Marsalis 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/wynton-marsalis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-bruce-springsteen-20092.jpg) Bruce Springsteen 69 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/bruce-springsteen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bob-dylan-18556.jpg) Bob Dylan 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/bob-dylan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-byrne-27295.jpg) David Byrne 63 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/david-byrne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-miles-davis-68255.jpg) Miles Davis 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/miles-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-grohl-27056.jpg) Dave Grohl 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/dave-grohl/) ## 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/music/dj-spooky/#itemlist", "name": "14 Music Quotes By DJ Spooky", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that the audience intuitively understands the idea of sampling and remixing stories. 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