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
I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay. — DJ Shadow Actor 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… — DJ Shadow Community Copy Share Image
Cutting and pasting is the essence of what hip-hop culture is all about for me. It's about drawing from what's around you,… — DJ Shadow Culture Copy Share Image
You can be a great DJ and still be not very good at DJ Hero. And vice-versa: You can have never spun… — DJ Shadow Djs Copy Share Image
I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
The conventional wisdom of fandom is that you must give your fans anything they want. But I've never felt that that's a… — DJ Shadow Attitude Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have a natural fear of anything that feels like celebrating my own past to an extent that doesn't allow me to… — 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 Bad press 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 Ageing Copy Share Image
Just like on Guitar Hero, there are things that are similar and things that are not similar at all. When I first… — DJ Shadow Djs 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… — 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 Buying 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… — DJ Shadow Balance Copy Share Image
I just felt, at the time, a little bit relieved, because I was kinda counting the days: 'Come on! Let's get these… — DJ Shadow Home 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
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 Audience 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'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
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 Access 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 Balance Copy Share Image
My main thing is constantly looking forward and trying to make music that I couldn't have made at any other time. — 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 Drama 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
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 Music Copy Share Image
The music that I have always liked has always been more rooted in anger or sadness or alienation or any of those… — DJ Shadow Aesthetic Copy Share Image
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 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… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
There's any number of DJs who have inspired me over the years. I don't actively go out in clubs, so I can't… — DJ Shadow Clubs Copy Share Image
In certain cases I don't want to sell tracks individually; I want to only sell the whole album. With simple things like… — DJ Shadow Albums Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things that Yahoo does on a regular basis is this story: "Wealthiest Rap Artists." That's an example of… — DJ Shadow Artist Copy Share Image
So, in addition to being a full-time father of two and everything else in life, it isn't so much that I'm sitting… — DJ Shadow Albums 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… — DJ Shadow Fear 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 bootlegs around at the time that had my name on the cover, but the music had nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to compare myself to [Jimmie] Hendrix, but back in the '70s, there were some…” quote by DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/dj-shadow-9306_buying_i-saw-i-wanted-to-start-my-own-store-so_1621476.jpg)
![“In certain cases I don't want to sell tracks individually; I want to only sell the whole album. With simple things like that I just don't get any response [from iTunes]. I don't want to kill iTunes - I just want to offer my own retail experience in my own tiny corner of the Internet.” quote by DJ Shadow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/dj-shadow-9306_albums_in-certain-cases-i-don-t-want-to-sell-tr_1151808.jpg)
