We really are living in the era that all this sci-fi literature and cinema was centered around.
ALAN PALOMOI think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you make needs to completely supersede the last.
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Let alone 15 minutes – to decide what you think about it.
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There’s something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility.
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It’s difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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I find it so funny that for the first time in history, people have access to this great equalizer in the Internet, which grants everyone the same knowledge base.
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But all you can do is ignore the annoying hum of the machine and focus on making art that makes you excited to be alive.
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I think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you make needs to completely supersede the last.
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“It’s not where you got it from, it’s where you take it.” To me, that’s just an integral part of why I even bother making music.
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You can’t always just put color filters in 80s aerobic videos or take stuff from public-access and look at it in this very ironic, self-conscious way. That only takes you so far.
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I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle.
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But I can’t ignore that there are things that inspire me, and I love celebrating those.
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There’s a very distinct difference between a really wonderful DIY label and a soft drink company, or a car company, or a clothing brand, and you will always understand that difference.
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There’s this really amazing quote from Jim Jarmusch about celebrating your theft that I think has become more and more prominent in music.
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There’s no real template to follow these days for what a band should and shouldn’t be – bands are just becoming these weird little Internet avatars that you either follow or download or interact with in some removed way.
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