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> [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 example if look at William Gibson and his book Neuromancer or if you look at J.G.…](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/)

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## 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/)

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