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

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DJ Shadow
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 29
Club Dj
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Hayward
California
Joshua Paul Davis
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Joshua Davis
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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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I've tried to tell people that the reason I don't really get excited over good press is that I don't want to get agitated over bad press. I don't wanna get too high on good press, too low on bad press. It's just not a healthy way to engage with my own feelings about my music.
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