DJ Shadow quotes

DJ Shadow is an American music producer and DJ, renowned for his pioneering work in instrumental hip-hop and sampling. His debut album "Endtroducing....." is considered a landmark in electronic music. He continues to influence musicians worldwide with his innovative production and unique sound. Here are 3 of his quotes:

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, and subverting it and decontextualizing it. (DJ Shadow)
Being a DJ, I take the art of digging seriously... it has almost a karmic element of, 'I was meant to find this on top.' or, 'I was meant to pull this out becuase it works so well with this.' So it has a lot of meaning for me personally. View quote
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"Producers like Organized Noize mix samples and live instruments really well, but for me, it almost feels like a cop-out, because I'm a collage artist. It's like, 'Damn, if only I could find this one part. Well, maybe if I just had somebody paint it, and then I'll put it out.' That almost feels like cheating. Lots of times, I have trouble finding bass lines, because it's not very often on a record that there are good open bass lines. Sometimes I wish I could just have somebody come in and do what I want him to do on a bass line. It would be so easy. But what I do just keeps things much more challenging, I guess." [3]. View quote
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