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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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DJ Shadow
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 29
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Joshua Paul 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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