I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle.
ALAN PALOMOYou 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.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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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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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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I can’t pretend that I don’t subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously.
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There’s something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility.
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You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the 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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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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But I can’t ignore that there are things that inspire me, and I love celebrating those.
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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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It’s difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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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 don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
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I 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.
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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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But it’s not anything like what we envisioned it to be. It’s almost like there’s too much choice.
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