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...
deception honest cliche
Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. Theyre all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. Theyre tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.
motivation crazy inspiration
Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.
thinking littles sometimes
I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.
strong dark useless
I've always felt that dark lyrics with dark music is pretty useless. Maybe that's a strong statement - not useless, but for me, it's just boring.
writing sometimes enjoy
I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.
imagination literature dry
My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
song play appreciate
All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.
mean thinking interesting-conversation
When I start asking my friends, "What do you think this means?" And it leads to way more interesting conversations than what it actually ends up meaning in the dictionary. Like "apocryphal," for instance.
definitions elusive
I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.
morning trying shapes
Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.
long littles satisfaction
You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.
laughter littles
There is very little success where there is very little laughter.
race hands law
While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department. We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.
destiny men looks
A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.