In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don’t think about music.
ALAN BISHOPIf you’re somewhat resourceful and perceptive, you’re pretty much going to know what’s going on because human nature is human nature: they understand it, you understand it, and it works.
More Alan Bishop Quotes
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I hear things my own way and I present them.
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They’re not into dicing and slicing everything up.
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The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction.
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My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities!
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There hasn’t been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres.
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I love what I do so I find ways to keep doing what I love. Music is certainly not all that interests me.
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Like most of the popular songs are today in the English language that I hear – then it would be much more of a turnoff then if it would allow me to interpret it.
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But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.
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Old is unwanted. You don’t find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone.
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If I must live on the same planet as Mr and Mrs out of touch, I will do whatever I can to jolt their zombie-ass skulls from the upside-down veal market they hang from.
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Coming to them to listen only to the music is not what people do.
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I’m not satisfied with the state of humanity.
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Everyone’s a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse.
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I’ve had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we’re truly after.
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If I knew the language enough to know it was a horrible love song with stupid lyrics.
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