Quotes from DJ Shadow

I tend to gravitate away from the more trendy Ibiza style of dance music. It's not me.

When I'm looking for DJ sets and stuff to drop, I look for music that I feel is gonna get the reaction I want from the crowd.

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

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.

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 ways.

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

Yeah, I do. HipHop was, though I would not say all, cause I try to keep myself open to other things, but nearly all I listend to for the last 14 years of my life.

You can be a great DJ and still be not very good at DJ Hero. And vice-versa: You can have never spun in your life on real turntables and be fine on DJ Hero.

My main thing is constantly looking forward and trying to make music that I couldn't have made at any other time.

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 appropriate for what I was trying to stand for.

I don't hate what I love. I love what I love and I hate what I hate.

I would rather have 10 people working on a record that are really committed and believe in it and love it, than 50 people who have no idea who I am or what I'm for.

People love drama, and if you aren't really interested in perpetuating that, it keeps you from exploding on a mainstream stage. I'm totally fine with that.

The conventional wisdom of fandom is that you must give your fans anything they want. But I've never felt that that's a healthy attitude - and that comes from being a Star Wars fan.

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