“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 PALOMOThings 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.
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 something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility.
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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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I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music.
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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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I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it;
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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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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 should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.
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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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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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So I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative of places that only exist in your head – that’s where the fun, psychedelic stuff happens anyway.
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