Erin McKeown Quotes
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 stage.
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When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I'm doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music.
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I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
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If at noon you sit down and there's just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn't exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There's something empowering about that.
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Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
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When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
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For a movie, you have to make sure the lyrics are consistent with the rhythm that is given to you. But, at times, during the song's recording, you find out that your words are not appropriate for the track, and so you have to change them.
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I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can.
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When I first start writing a song, I usually write the title first, then the song, and I'll sing the song in my head and think of a visual of the song. If I can't think of a visual behind the song, I'll throw the song away.
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The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.
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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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Toil without song is like a weary journey without an end.
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If you have a song that you think sounds like another song you should contact the publishing company and say I have a song here, let's cut a deal that lets everyone walk away feeling good.
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My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's 'I Remember Sky.' It's probably the saddest song of all time; I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.
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I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we've all heard about before.
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I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it.
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Each song has its own life.
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I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.
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The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name.
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The world was to Shakespeare a great stage of fools on which he was utterly bewildered. His pregnant observations of life are not coordinated into any philosophy.
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The fame thing doesn't really worry me. There's nothing I like better than getting up on stage and playing in front of several thousand people. The fact that the other guys get all the limelight doesn't bother me at all.
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'Other people's marriages are a perpetual source of amazement.'
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The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No.
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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 stage.
