The story I always recite - and have had to recite so many times over the years to different lawyers and different… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Things go wrong when the people who control that world stop listening to their own instincts and start catering to their fan… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Everything right now tends to be the same and very aggressive, and I think people are getting a little burned out on… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Another one of my favourite sayings is, you can't handpick your audience. I feel like I'm making music for people who think… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
My core values are still the same about music, and my work ethic, and what I want to represent to people. — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I got asked to remix a lot of movie themes, like Mission Impossible, which other people ended up doing quite well. But… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I feel like you're being coy if you don't do something and celebrate the 20th or 25th anniversary in some way. Just… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I feel less and less like that every year, and I guess maybe even more so with every new record that I… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
It's about respecting what I think people like about the original music. I'm not gonna ever take it to the extent that… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I've been on a major label for 14 years. I've always wanted as many people as possible to hear my music, and… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
People love drama, and if you aren't really interested in perpetuating that, it keeps you from exploding on a mainstream stage. I'm… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I saw. I wanted to start my own store so people would know that what they were buying was real. There were… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I would much rather people kick and scream and tear their hair out and accuse me of all kinds of blasphemy, than… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Frequently, when I'm compared to someone, I'm like, "Is that really what people think I sound like?" — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay. — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I've tried to tell people that the reason I don't really get excited over good press is that I don't want to… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Incidentally, the very, very first review that James Lavelle and I saw of Endtroducing was very negative! It was in The Wire,… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I realized that people don't quite understand what I do when I was the new kid on the block and a lot… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
The reason why it is that strong, and why HipHop is so inbred, is that there is a very structured wheel, a… — 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
