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I'm not going to get on any anti-corporation soapbox to an extreme level.
DJ Shadow
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DJ Shadow
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 29
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Hayward
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Joshua Paul Davis
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I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre.
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One of my favorite things that Yahoo does on a regular basis is this story: Wealthiest Rap Artists. That's an example of the internet just perpetuating this myth that we're all just sitting around in these mansions like Steven Tyler, bopping around in our swimming pool. It's bullshit.
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Frequently, when I'm compared to someone, I'm like, Is that really what people think I sound like?
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To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist.
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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.
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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.
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My problem with iTunes is that I don't have any say in how I'm represented on the site.
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Anything that sparks some eight-year-old's interest in music or DJing is great.
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As for my store, most artists' sites send you to a third-party storefront like iTunes, whereas we're disseminating it ourselves. I was always uncomfortable with the thought of sending somebody who came to my site to buy something to some other store. It just occurred to me, Why can't we do this?
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There are a lot of music startups that don't have anything to do with anyone's love for music. It has to do with them having a glorious IPO and then retiring to the Bahamas somewhere. It's important to keep that in mind.
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I tend to gravitate away from the more trendy Ibiza style of dance music. It's not me.
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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.
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