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
If you think of any long-term artist that makes music throughout several decades, you would hope that it's autobiographical and a form… — 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… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I've said this a lot lately, too: if, 20 or 30 years down the road, when everything's said and done, I was… — 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
I almost feel like there's some kind of connection that I'm having trouble putting in to words, in the same sense that… — 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… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I think I would be much more enthusiastic about a band that covered more than just one particular album of mine. 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
When I'm representing my music live I think of it very much in a rock band sense. When I first started doing… — 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 satisfying to put out new music. And I think that's the context in which I'm comfortable revisiting things from the past. — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I think one of the things about ageing is the jagged peaks become a little bit mellower...? Heheh. And I feel like… — 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
When I play that music live nowadays, there's a lot of things I feel I'd like to do - even things I… — 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
