Occupation: Songwriter Birth: April 2, 1982
Maybe some people are better off in obscurity than trying to keep on expanding..
I'd been used to this idea of destructive performance art instead of a slick, good-sounding show. So, I became frustrated as I felt I'd been doing th….
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 how I'm coming across..
I think. I do know that I like connecting to people who really resonate with the music. I guess I almost wish I could just connect with the people wh….
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 order to figure it out..
I love karaoke; you have to wail when you do karaoke..
I didn't want make art about the internet at all. It's a really hard subject to take on and I did not set out to do that. But, it was real and it was….
Writing music is always really helpful for me. It always reveals to me how I am feeling..
What would I reclaim America as? I do want it to be a diverse country..
I was doing experimental noise-based music and I learned a number of things about performance. I was playing small shows - sometimes without a PA - w….
It was really bizarre for me to go from being a very private and obscure person and then to be in any way on the internet - like having my picture or….
The suburbs have always been like an American version of utopia and a reflection of their hopes and fears. Erika's version of American suburban utopi….
There is a resentment and rejection of liberal culture. That culture is not available to many people in America. And the liberal coastal elite, who m….
I feel cool about making music and I feel secure pushing boundaries in my music. But things like videos and photos I find really difficult. I don't r….
Back in the day, no one had digital cameras. They took these pictures of me, got them developed, and then mailed them to me..
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 was wrong with me..
I've figured out that I don't want to spend all of my spare time trying to make money. But, with things like fame or internet presence - things you c….
You can always accuse my records of being harrowing or dark or bleak. There is processing of trauma on my records and they contain a lot of healing. ….
I was worried that I didn't have as many Facebook 'likes' as another musician. You can almost feel like a failure if you aren't building your fame in….
When I like a musician I want to see a picture or a video of them..
I've made choices in my life to be somewhat broke to do art and I think it is going to be the same thing with online exposure. You have to be able to….