There’s this really amazing quote from Jim Jarmusch about celebrating your theft that I think has become more and more prominent in music.
ALAN PALOMOThings are changing at such a rate that you really can’t get too familiar with anything that you own in relation to what sort of functionality it has in your life.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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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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I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
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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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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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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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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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There’s something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility.
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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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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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When you completely extract yourself from anything familiar.
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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it;
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It’s difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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Things are changing at such a rate that you really can’t get too familiar with anything that you own in relation to what sort of functionality it has in your life.
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