Everyone’s a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse.
ALAN BISHOPI’ve had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we’re truly after.
More Alan Bishop Quotes
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I’m not satisfied with the state of humanity.
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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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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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I don’t speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don’t even need to speak the language to get around and get things done, to live in those places.
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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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They’re not into dicing and slicing everything up.
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Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who become actively involved with the ladies, not the music.
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My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities!
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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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I love rearranging words and destroying language and the established forms of art and music/challenging the reasoning of others.
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I hear things my own way and I present them.
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If 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.
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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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Sound is inspiring and I can be quite obssessive with certain sounds.
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