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.
ALAN PALOMOYou really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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It makes you more choosy and also more receptive to absorb anything for 15 seconds.
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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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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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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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“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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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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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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There’s nothing better than having an experience now that’s the exact same thing.
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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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I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
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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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Let alone 15 minutes – to decide what you think about it.
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There’s something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility.
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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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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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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 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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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 difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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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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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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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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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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When you completely extract yourself from anything familiar.
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It’s cool but also a little creepy.
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