Art Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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?

— 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 the formula.…

— DJ Shadow

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

— 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 people within…

— 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…

— DJ Shadow