"When I began writing songs, there was a pretty direct line between what was happening in my life and what I wrote about. So my first album was really all about my failed attempts to make a particular relationship work."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Erin McKeown

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Albums Quotes

“The writing day can be, in some ways, too short, but it's actually a long series of hours, for months at a time, and there is a stillness there.”
“I've always liked new writing.”

Source : "Imelda Staunton: 'It's in my DNA to duck and dive'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2014.
“A great thought begins by seeing something differently, with a shift of the mind's eye.”
“It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream.”
“And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid.”

Source : "Treasury Secretary Snow Optimistic on Economy". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 23, 2005.
“My heart and soul is still music.”
“It is not to say that everything is fine and a positive attitude is all you need. But I share about values and principles and attitudes and I never tell people I understand their pain.”
“It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it is they ought to be doing to keep the energy up. Because if your energy is not up, you're going to come up with some really dreary piece of work that no one's going to enjoy.”

Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 22, 2006.

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