I just want to make songs that I like and be able to get away with doing music for as long as… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
That's been a pretty interesting thing, visiting schools and performing and doing songwriting talks and stuff. — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
Just because something's important doesn't mean I necessarily have to write songs about it and release them right now. — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I write about things I care about, like any songwriter, whether it's a personal thing or not. — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
Releasing a record makes you realise what you want to do with music. It's not something you can understand before you do… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a song that was outright against war, in any form. — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I rarely finish songs on the road but a lot of them get started there. — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
Instruments are just planks of wood, or just computers or whatever, but they help us translate the most difficult aspects of life… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I just write songs because l enjoy it, l never thought to be an activist. If that's what l am then that's… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
You think about how we could do better to serve humans and to live happier and more constructive lives - to live… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I had too many guys with big egos chasing me, claiming they knew the way to make things work for this 'wonder… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
So many things are translated through music - that's the beauty of it. If everyone's experiencing something, someone's going to put it… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
Sonny' is a very sad song that I wrote. It's just me playing this beautiful guitar with flat wound strings and I… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I just remember being in love with 'Busted' and pop punk and all the pop that my sisters were listening to and… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
When I was 9, I got guitar lessons in my school, just classical guitar. I didn't really like it much. Nowadays, I… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I'm pretty sure the first album I bought was a CD of 'Electric Ladyland' by Jimi Hendrix when I was about nine.… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I think one of the coolest things that you can do with music is when it sounds a certain way and can… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I'm used to feeling isolated from people I want to see, it's been a big part of my life since I was a teenager… — Declan McKenna Copy Share
I wrote 'Paracetamol' between the ages of 15 and 16. With many of my songs, I have this strange habit of spending months fumbling… — Declan McKenna Copy Share
Not only do we still engage in wars far away from our homes, which settle nothing and fuel extremism in the aftermath, we sell… — Declan McKenna Copy Share
There's not enough focus put on learning about yourself and how that can teach you more than certain subjects can. — Declan McKenna Copy Share
I'd like to be able to make something as good as 'Hunky Dory' or 'Young Americans.' — Declan McKenna Copy Share
I like to think our brains are a bit like algorithms. Whatever you give it and feed it, you get out the product. — Declan McKenna Copy Share
It's important to remind kids who obviously love writing and creating, that's it's going to be the most important part of what they do.… — Declan McKenna Copy Share
I'm the youngest of six kids so I got the short straw in terms of bedrooms. — Declan McKenna Copy Share
With my first album, I was just simply trying to highlight problems within society and put it into pop songs. — Declan McKenna Copy Share
There's definitely a love-hate relationship I think a lot of bands have with touring. — Declan McKenna Copy Share
Many times you may feel alone in the world, but the right record pulls you back to realizing that many people have gone through… — Declan McKenna Copy Share
Releasing a record makes you realise what you want to do with music. It's not something you can understand before you do it. — Declan McKenna Copy Share
I'm a big fan of Greta Thunberg and I'm really into Stella Donnelly's music. I think it's really incredible, important music and very relevant;… — Declan McKenna Copy Share
I tried to be in loads of bands and it hadn't really worked out. My friends weren't as into it as I was, so… — Declan McKenna Copy Share
Having creative control has always been important to me in different ways. — Declan McKenna Copy Share
