Let alone 15 minutes – to decide what you think about it.
ALAN PALOMOLet alone 15 minutes – to decide what you think about it.
ALAN PALOMOI remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it;
ALAN PALOMOI don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
ALAN PALOMOYou should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.
ALAN PALOMOit opens opportunities up for talented people along with people like Rebecca Black.
ALAN PALOMO“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.
ALAN PALOMOI would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
ALAN PALOMOI can’t pretend that I don’t subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously.
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.
ALAN PALOMOYou 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.
ALAN PALOMOI think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle.
ALAN PALOMOBut I can’t ignore that there are things that inspire me, and I love celebrating those.
ALAN PALOMOI have this eerie feeling that by the time I’m 33, reality will not exist in the same plane as it did before.
ALAN PALOMOAnd we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos… not to put those two things in the same light!
ALAN PALOMOI 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 PALOMOAnd sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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