I’ve had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we’re truly after.
ALAN BISHOPFrom 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.
More Alan Bishop Quotes
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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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Coming to them to listen only to the music is not what people do.
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Everyone’s a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse.
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They’re not concerned with it. They don’t take their musical legacy seriously.
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My sense of humor keeps me from committing atrocities!
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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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They’re not into dicing and slicing everything up.
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If you’re somewhat resourceful and perceptive, you’re pretty much going to know what’s going on because human nature is human nature: they understand it, you understand it, and it works.
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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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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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I like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings.
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I hear things my own way and I present them.
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The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction.
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There hasn’t been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres.
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In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don’t think about music.
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