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.
ALAN BISHOPBut the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.
More Alan Bishop Quotes
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I’ve had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we’re truly after.
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They’re not into dicing and slicing everything up.
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But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.
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Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who become actively involved with the ladies, not the music.
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My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities!
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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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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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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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In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don’t think about music.
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There hasn’t been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres.
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Coming to them to listen only to the music is not what people do.
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I’m not satisfied with the state of humanity.
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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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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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