I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
ALAN PALOMOI 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.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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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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I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it;
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I don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
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I never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project.
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The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that’s always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.
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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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I think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you make needs to completely supersede the last.
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And we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos… not to put those two things in the same light!
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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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Let alone 15 minutes – to decide what you think about it.
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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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I think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle.
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“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.
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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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