Erin McKeown Quotes

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

Quotes to Explore

When you're collaborating with somebody, there has to be a spirit of cooperation. There are a lot of times when you just can't persuade someone to write a certain type of song, either musically or lyrically.

Walter Becker China Crisis
- Song
- Spirit
- Cooperation
To keep art stimulating, it's important to open it up to new horizons, which includes showing it in unexpected contexts.

Hans-Ulrich Obrist
- Up
- Important
- Art
Very often, writing a song is a process that happens to me rather than one that I instigate. I feel a song coming on and, like a sneeze; I wait for it until it comes.

Kat Edmonson
- Writing
- Song
- Process
People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'

Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
- People
- World
- Work
I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.

Yael Naim
- People
- Music
- Country
I dug the idea that I was being perceived as the black sheep of my family, but for me, it was like, I was a rebel, and that to me was most important.

Larry Bishop
- Important
- Family
- Black