The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction. If I knew the language enough to know it was a horrible love song with…

- Alan Bishop

I've had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we're truly after.

- Alan Bishop

Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, a…

- Alan Bishop

Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who becom…

- Alan Bishop

There hasn't been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres. They're not into dicing and slicing everything up.

- Alan Bishop

Old is unwanted. You don't find Thais going to the thrift store. They want new clothes. They want the newest cell phone.

- Alan Bishop

I don't speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don't even need to speak the language to get around and ge…

- Alan Bishop

I like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings. I love what I do so I find ways to keep…

- Alan Bishop

In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy seri…

- Alan Bishop