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 -… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
I am really pleased to hear each of my songs described as a total surprise. This is what I want! — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
I didn't realize at the time that if I wrote about something, I was going to have to talk about something. A lot. Ad… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
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… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
It's funny because my main awkwardness around writing the song had little to do with the method. — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
Lenelle Moïse's poems render the abstract - policy, disaster, history, diaspora - specific. Her words make the political not just personal, but corporeal: the… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
I think I have come across as "unafraid" because I really cannot control what comes through me in my writing. — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
When I'm recording something (especially because I produce my own music) I might consider how hard it would be to replicate a song on… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
I learned how to have a little bit of distance when I explained songs and a little bit of distance when I wrote them.… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
Really, everything for me comes from "Manifestra." It was an incredible gift of a song; it really describes an important moment in my life. — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
As a consumer of culture, I like a wide range of emotions to be touched in art. It's funny but on the other side… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions. — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
