Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
play records disappear
I don't like to disappear between records. I like to play shows while I'm making the record.
records release
I put a lot into my records, and I won't release anything I'm not totally thrilled with.
honesty believe may
I really believe there's more honesty in one live show than there may be in my whole output.
song writing thinking
There's always a tension between wanting to write a really concise, instant gratification type song that gets under your skin the first time you hear it, and wanting to really stretch out. I think it's a healthy tension.
play way pieces
I've never approached classical music in a formal way, ever. I couldn't read very well. I'd have to play every piece and internalize it, almost as if I had written it myself.
taken thinking should-have
I finished touring the last record and I started recording new .I never really left the bubble, which is I think a good thing. I was just very focused. Maybe I should have taken a break or something, and not done such a long push.
records half like-you
It's like you don't know you're making a record unless you're half-killing yourself.
play solo shows
I still play solo shows. And some of those shows are still some of the best, most gratifying shows.
song taken two
There's songs that could either be taken as a conversation between two people, like "The Privateers," or "Why," from a much earlier record. Or "Glass Figurine." That's my version of a relationship song.
imagination fiction modern
I don't like super-descriptive modern fiction. I like, "Here's what was happening in 1582 all over the planet." Then that gets my imagination going.
song appreciate vague
Most of the songs that I appreciate are lyrically vague.
sometimes melody
Sometimes the word dictated the melody.
imagination research metaphor
I didn't have the patience for the research, or anything like that. I just like how it sets the imagination off. It's just an area that's very fertile for great words. Great metaphors, potentially.
museums bird paradise
What you see at the Field Museum is only like, 10 percent of the collection. It's birds of paradise and passenger pigeons and in all these drawers that pull out, these specimens come out and it's spectacular. And it worked out.