"I think that the audience intuitively understands the idea of sampling and remixing stories. That's why electronic music is global."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

DJ Spooky

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.”
“When you attain the control of the internal direction of your attention, you will no longer stand in shallow water but will launch out into the deep of life.”
“I usually try to connect with young filmmakers over the phone so I can hear them and just pick their brain as to why they want to tell the story. And usually, I'm on board. I go, "Yeah, I'd love to help. And I just need to know why you want to do this,' and it's usually an easy process because a filmmaker usually reveals his or her heart in telling the story. And that's why I'm pretty much of a softy when it comes to helping along the young ones along the way.”
“I write longhand and I type and I rewrite on the typed pages.”
“It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am God's slave, not that of a devil.”
“The only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do.”
“You just keep pushing yourself harder and harder to achieve more and more - I don't think it's ever quite as glamorous as it appears on the outside.”
“our domestic lives reflect the major trend that dominates the consumer marketplace today: an ever-increasing emphasis on variety and choice. ... we find ourselves inventing our lives as we go along, improvising in an effort to take advantage of the bewildering range of choices that we face.”

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