I never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project.
ALAN PALOMOThere’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.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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It’s difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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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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It makes you more choosy and also more receptive to absorb anything for 15 seconds.
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Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music.
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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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I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle.
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I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
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And we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos… not to put those two things in the same light!
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Let alone 15 minutes – to decide what you think about it.
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You start reverting back to that state of mind where you’re having conversations with yourself, and that’s where the weirdest and most honest ideas come from.
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I wanted it to feel like I was tapping into a thing, even if it wasn’t.
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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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I think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle.
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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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it opens opportunities up for talented people along with people like Rebecca Black.
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