“As I've gotten older, I have gotten a lot better at finding the pleasures of making music despite the business of it.” Quote by Erin McKeown
“I like garage band for writing because you only have crayons and there are only five crayons in the box. Your choices are limited and I find that to be very good for me.” WritingChoicesFiveBandVery GoodBoxesGarageCrayon Author:Erin McKeown
“I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.” UseActionWantedPiecesPoliticianExcuse Author:Erin McKeown
“I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw some electric guitar at it.” IfsNeedsWritingFirstsSongGuitarRhythmElectricElectric Guitar Author:Erin McKeown
“I started to understand what the song could be about. The ache of nostalgia even for things we don't like, the commitment to keep moving despite that ache. It made me think of how I relate to my privilege - as a white person, as someone who grew up upper middle class.” ThinkingPersonsMadeMovingSongWhiteClassMiddleGrewGrew UpCommitmentPrivilegeNostalgiaDespiteRelateMiddle ClassAcheKeep MovingUpper Middle Class Author:Erin McKeown
“Really, everything for me comes from "Manifestra." It was an incredible gift of a song; it really describes an important moment in my life.” ImportantMomentsSongIncrediblesImportant Moments Author:Erin McKeown
“It's funny because my main awkwardness around writing the song had little to do with the method.” WritingLittlesSongMethodAwkwardness Author:Erin McKeown
“The only really weird part for me was making sense of the person on the TV at the same time as the person who I am friendly with and do something so friend-intimate with as text.” PersonsTvsWho I AmMake SenseIntimateFriendlyReally Weird Author:Erin McKeown
“So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all.” MadeDecisionEffectsPolicyMusicianInput Author:Erin McKeown
“Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.” PeopleMadeHelpingInterestRoomsPayWonderPolicyMusicianPaidIndependentEntityRepresentingLobbyists Author:Erin McKeown
“You don't normally think of Los Angeles as a place to go to get away.” ThinkingGet AwayLos AngelesPlaces To Go Author:Brooke Fraser