“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.
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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So I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative of places that only exist in your head – that’s where the fun, psychedelic stuff happens anyway.
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We really are living in the era that all this sci-fi literature and cinema was centered around.
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I don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
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Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music.
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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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I can’t pretend that I don’t subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously.
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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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The way you phrase it might change, but it will always continue to happen, and there’s something really charming and calming about that.
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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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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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It’s cool but also a little creepy.
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I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle.
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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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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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