Albums Quote by DJ Shadow Download Open image “To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist.” — DJ Shadow ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Albums Art Artist Being honest Honest Making Music Music
All I ever wanted to be was an artist, and now I'm an artist with an album of the year. — Raye Copy Share Image
The thing about being an artist is that you evolve so quickly, you grow, you learn, you change, you find yourself hating work that… — Halsey Copy Share Image
Well you know, I've been into music my whole life, so to be able to put an album together with some of that music… — Lee Brice Copy Share Image
It's been frustrating that people only saw me as a 'featured artist' for a while, but in terms of making an album, it's been… — Becky Hill Copy Share Image
Everyone thought my first album would be instrumental, but I didn't want to do it - it took me eight months to make. — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
There's an awful pressure on signed artists to make a hit song. But I never wanted to be an artist who created music to sell - I wanted to create music that felt like art to me. — Raye Copy Share
My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
Becoming an artist and finding my way, I did kind of veer off into different genres and none of them ever fit. — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
I think I've grown a lot in the last few years, and I needed to express myself as an artist on this. It wasn't… — Terri Clark Copy Share Image
I hadn't been a recording artist all that long when albums came on the scene, and I was one of the first singers to… — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a… — Mike Posner 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
Check out the albums, ... Check out the live performances. That's the reality of it all. Music is such an energizing thing. — John Mayall Copy Share Image
It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with… — Avril Lavigne Copy Share Image
It's my intention to make something stand outside the realm of album art, but it also feels comfortable to me to be in it.… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
The weird thing was that Soft Cell was supposed to have come and gone before I started the album. — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted. — Richard Marx Copy Share Image
The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
If you're going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like 'Purple Rain' and 'Thriller' and those kind of records,… — Dave Sitek Copy Share Image
I'll put out an album, and people review it, and some people love it, and some people tear it apart. By nature of the… — Girl Talk Copy Share Image
I've been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten years. You… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
