Spread Widely Quotes by Declan McKenna

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

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

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

There's not enough focus put on learning about yourself and how that can teach you more than certain subjects can.

— Declan McKenna

I'd like to be able to make something as good as 'Hunky Dory' or 'Young Americans.'

— Declan McKenna

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

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

I'm the youngest of six kids so I got the short straw in terms of bedrooms.

— Declan McKenna

With my first album, I was just simply trying to highlight problems within society and put it into pop songs.

— Declan McKenna

There's definitely a love-hate relationship I think a lot of bands have with touring.

— Declan McKenna

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

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

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

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

Having creative control has always been important to me in different ways.

— Declan McKenna