Erika M. Anderson

When I like a musician I want to see a picture or a video of them.

— Erika M. Anderson

I don't want to be in my 'interview zone' mode. I've been doing a lot of interviews and I'm very self-aware of…

— Erika M. Anderson

I was doing experimental noise-based music and I learned a number of things about performance. I was playing small shows - sometimes…

— Erika M. Anderson

Maybe some people are better off in obscurity than trying to keep on expanding.

— Erika M. Anderson

I've figured out that I don't want to spend all of my spare time trying to make money. But, with things like…

— Erika M. Anderson

The suburbs have always been like an American version of utopia and a reflection of their hopes and fears. Erika's version of…

— Erika M. Anderson

I was worried that I didn't have as many Facebook 'likes' as another musician. You can almost feel like a failure if…

— Erika M. Anderson

I think. I do know that I like connecting to people who really resonate with the music. I guess I almost wish…

— Erika M. Anderson

I'd been used to this idea of destructive performance art instead of a slick, good-sounding show. So, I became frustrated as I…

— Erika M. Anderson

I didn't want make art about the internet at all. It's a really hard subject to take on and I did not…

— Erika M. Anderson

I've been really lucky. People have been nice to me on the internet. That's the reason why I couldn't figure out what…

— Erika M. Anderson

There is a resentment and rejection of liberal culture. That culture is not available to many people in America. And the liberal…

— Erika M. Anderson

I love karaoke; you have to wail when you do karaoke.

— Erika M. Anderson

I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic.

— Erika M. Anderson

I've made choices in my life to be somewhat broke to do art and I think it is going to be the…

— Erika M. Anderson

I feel cool about making music and I feel secure pushing boundaries in my music. But things like videos and photos I…

— Erika M. Anderson

It was really bizarre for me to go from being a very private and obscure person and then to be in any…

— Erika M. Anderson

What would I reclaim America as? I do want it to be a diverse country.

— Erika M. Anderson

You can always accuse my records of being harrowing or dark or bleak. There is processing of trauma on my records and…

— Erika M. Anderson

Writing music is always really helpful for me. It always reveals to me how I am feeling.

— Erika M. Anderson

Back in the day, no one had digital cameras. They took these pictures of me, got them developed, and then mailed them…

— Erika M. Anderson

I'm a Scandinavian Midwest girl who doesn't always know what's going on in herself emotionally, which is why I make music in…

— Erika M. Anderson