Alan Palomo Quotes

United States, Singer-Songwriter
July 24, 1988

Alan Palomo created and fronts the band Neon Indian, which has released three studio albums and appeared on The Tonight Show. Additionally, he scored the films Lace Crater (2015), Everything Beautiful Is Far Away (2017), and Relaxer (2018), and appeared in Song to Song (2017). He has directed two music videos for his band.

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.

Alan Palomo
- Company
- Difference
- Brand
Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music, 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.

Alan Palomo
- Memory
- Create
- Head

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.

Alan Palomo
You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.

Alan Palomo
I have this eerie feeling that by the time I'm 33, reality will not exist in the same plane as it did before. It's cool but also a little creepy.

Alan Palomo
- Reality
- Feeling
- Exist
I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it; I wanted it to feel like I was tapping into a thing, even if it wasn't.

Alan Palomo
- Want
- Band
- Hear
I think it's more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It's difficult because it forces you to really get creative.

Alan Palomo
- Music
- Writing
- Focus
I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle, and sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.

Alan Palomo

I can't pretend that I don't subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously.

Alan Palomo
- Music
- Culture
- Discover
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.

Alan Palomo
- Real
- Bands
- Template