Coming to them to listen only to the music is not what people do.
ALAN BISHOPI like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings.
More Alan Bishop Quotes
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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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The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction.
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I hear things my own way and I present them.
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My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities!
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I’m not satisfied with the state of humanity.
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Sound is inspiring and I can be quite obssessive with certain sounds.
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But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.
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From the expressive capabilities of the vocalizing or of the sound itself, which allows me to create my own meaning for it, which elevates it into a higher piece of work for me.
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If I must live on the same planet as Mr and Mrs out of touch, I will do whatever I can to jolt their zombie-ass skulls from the upside-down veal market they hang from.
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They’re not concerned with it. They don’t take their musical legacy seriously.
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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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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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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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I like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings.
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There hasn’t been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres.
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