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.

- 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 coastal elite, who m…

- 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 without a PA - w…

- Erika M. Anderson

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

- Erika M. Anderson

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

- Erika M. Anderson

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

- 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 American suburban utopi…

- 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 way on the internet - like having my picture or…

- 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 felt I'd been doing th…

- Erika M. Anderson