--- title: "1 Playing Songs Quotes By DJ Shadow" description: "1 Playing Songs quotes by DJ Shadow. Plus more from DJ Shadow and more Playing Songs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/dj-shadow-9306_balance_i-feel-like-you-re-being-coy-if-you-don_1219999.jpg" --- > [I feel like you're being coy if you don't do something and celebrate the 20th or 25th anniversary in some way. Just as I've never, ever had any kind of embargo on playing songs from Endtroducing, no matter how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/i-feel-like-you-re-being-coy-if-you-don-t-do-something-and-celebrate/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/dj-shadow-9306_balance_i-feel-like-you-re-being-coy-if-you-don_1219999.jpg) ## More by DJ Shadow > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/through-it-all-the-words-of-john-peel-echo-strongly-within-me-you/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/like-a-lot-of-other-djs-i-ve-been-wondering-when-the-first-dj-game/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/i-was-asked-to-do-tv-ads-for-macintosh-nowadays-i-think-anybody-would/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/sometimes-there-s-this-balance-if-you-try-to-clear-10-things-you-ll/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/when-i-make-music-it-takes-me-two-hours-to-get-into-the-flow-to-me-it/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [If I wanted to contribute to the hyphy movement, what good is it making a hyphy record that isn't embraced by that community?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/if-i-wanted-to-contribute-to-the-hyphy-movement-what-good-is-it/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [I've always feel like it's been my place to offer an alternative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/i-ve-always-feel-like-it-s-been-my-place-to-offer-an-alternative/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [I think a band - even a band that's been around as long as the Rolling Stones - I think that's still the formula.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/i-think-a-band-even-a-band-that-s-been-around-as-long-as-the-rolling/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/i-would-agree-with-you-that-there-s-90-imitation-and-10-innovation/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [I always like to remain a fan, put it that way: and I like to hold the idealised version of what these artists are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/i-always-like-to-remain-a-fan-put-it-that-way-and-i-like-to-hold-the/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [Any good album title has multiple meanings, and I like choosing titles where I find myself repeating it, almost like a mantra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/any-good-album-title-has-multiple-meanings-and-i-like-choosing-titles/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [The story I always recite - and have had to recite so many times over the years to different lawyers and different people within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/the-story-i-always-recite-and-have-had-to-recite-so-many-times-over/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [I almost feel like there's some kind of connection that I'm having trouble putting in to words, in the same sense that I'm learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/i-almost-feel-like-there-s-some-kind-of-connection-that-i-m-having/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [I think I would be much more enthusiastic about a band that covered more than just one particular album of mine. I don't ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/i-think-i-would-be-much-more-enthusiastic-about-a-band-that-covered/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) > [Yeah, I do. HipHop was, though I would not say all, cause I try to keep myself open to other things, but nearly all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-shadow/yeah-i-do-hiphop-was-though-i-would-not-say-all-cause-i-try-to-keep/) [DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-shadow/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-songs/dj-shadow/#itemlist", "name": "1 Playing Songs Quotes By DJ Shadow", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel like you're being coy if you don't do something and celebrate the 20th or 25th anniversary in some way. 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