I tend to gravitate away from the more trendy Ibiza style of dance music. It's not me. — DJ Shadow Dance Copy Share Image
To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist. — DJ Shadow Album Copy Share Image
I'm not going to get on any anti-corporation soapbox to an extreme level. — DJ Shadow Corporations Copy Share Image
My problem with iTunes is that I don't have any say in how I'm represented on the site. — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
Anything that sparks some eight-year-old's interest in music or DJing is great. — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
If I have a chance to positively impact how the populace views DJs, then I'm going to try to do my part… — DJ Shadow Chance 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
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
Any good album title has multiple meanings, and I like choosing titles where I find myself repeating it, almost like a mantra. — DJ Shadow Albums Copy Share Image
I don't care if I get kicked out of every rich kid club on the planet. I will never sacrifice my integrity… — DJ Shadow Care 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
Yeah, I do. HipHop was, though I would not say all, cause I try to keep myself open to other things, but… — 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
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 Approach Copy Share Image
I remember when the big shift happened in 1996-97, when suddenly it dawned on the music community: 'We should license our music… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
There are a lot of music startups that don't have anything to do with anyone's love for music. It has to do… — DJ Shadow Bahamas 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… — DJ Shadow Art Copy Share Image
I'm trying to satirize what it's like to be a recording artist in 2011. I realize that standing on a soap box… — DJ Shadow Age Copy Share Image
As for my store, most artists' sites send you to a third-party storefront like iTunes, whereas we're disseminating it ourselves. I was… — DJ Shadow Art 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 Moments 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
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 Audience Copy Share Image
The story I always recite - and have had to recite so many times over the years to different lawyers and different… — DJ Shadow Big ones Copy Share Image
I was sort of like a kid in a candy store, realizing it was fun making beats without the perceived burden that… — 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 Attitude 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
Incidentally, the very, very first review that James Lavelle and I saw of Endtroducing was very negative! It was in The Wire,… — DJ Shadow Bad review Copy Share Image
As far as the mechanics of how the music was made, there's no denying: Endtroducing was extremely simple. That's not to denigrate… — DJ Shadow Beast Copy Share Image
I always managed to fly a bit below the radar, but high enough to avoid colliding into anything. — 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 People 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
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 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
When I'm looking for DJ sets and stuff to drop, I look for music that I feel is gonna get the reaction… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
