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.
ALAN PALOMOThere’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.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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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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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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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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Things are changing at such a rate that you really can’t get too familiar with anything that you own in relation to what sort of functionality it has in your life.
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And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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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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You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.
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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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The way you phrase it might change, but it will always continue to happen, and there’s something really charming and calming about that.
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We really are living in the era that all this sci-fi literature and cinema was centered around.
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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 really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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