DJ Shadow's In/flux: Speak Of Overthrowing Conditions

"You know, some kids had punk rock, some had hardcore, some had heavy metal. You name it. But for me, it was rap. Things I learned from Chuck D, Rakim and KRS-One helped set me on a course as a young man living in America, trying to fit into the society of that time. But it also became a roadmap that never left me. There are certain quotes I still fall back on in the same way other people fall back on scripture. These were my teachers. I’m not going to say for my generation, because so many people were into different things. But for me, and my clique, these were our teachers."