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…

— 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…

— DJ Shadow

I was asked to do TV ads for Macintosh. Nowadays, I think anybody would jump at that but, at the time, it…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— DJ Shadow

I've always feel like it's been my place to offer an alternative.

— DJ Shadow

I think a band - even a band that's been around as long as the Rolling Stones - I think that's still…

— DJ Shadow

I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre.

— DJ Shadow

I always like to remain a fan, put it that way: and I like to hold the idealised version of what these…

— DJ Shadow

Any good album title has multiple meanings, and I like choosing titles where I find myself repeating it, almost like a mantra.

— DJ Shadow

The story I always recite - and have had to recite so many times over the years to different lawyers and different…

— 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…

— DJ Shadow

I think I would be much more enthusiastic about a band that covered more than just one particular album of mine. I…

— DJ Shadow

Yeah, I do. HipHop was, though I would not say all, cause I try to keep myself open to other things, but…

— DJ Shadow

Things go wrong when the people who control that world stop listening to their own instincts and start catering to their fan…

— DJ Shadow

When I first pursued this with Universal, they had no idea what to do. But now that we've gone through the whole…

— DJ Shadow

I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than…

— DJ Shadow

I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music…

— DJ Shadow

I couldn't make a real drum'n'bass or dubstep record to save my life. But I can be influenced by them in small…

— DJ Shadow

Everything right now tends to be the same and very aggressive, and I think people are getting a little burned out on…

— DJ Shadow

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

My core values are still the same about music, and my work ethic, and what I want to represent to people.

— DJ Shadow

To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist.

— DJ Shadow

I still consider myself a consumer of music more than anything else.

— DJ Shadow