All these things that we are very nostalgic for come from a place of technology dictating [art]. This time and place is no different.
Annie E. ClarkI'm first and foremost a guitar player. I've been playing since I was 12, which is over half of my life.
Annie E. ClarkThere's always something extremely personal in the songs, but I may change the point of view from what I actually experienced.
Annie E. ClarkAn mp3 is a compressed form of data. It's not the full spectrum. It's never going to sound as good as a record. I think one thing people forget is that every technological advance we fetishize had its place in time. CDs are usually an hour long because that's the amount a CD could hold - not because that's the optimal amount of time for any given musical expression. Side one and side two? That's a product of vinyl. But that's not necessarily dramatic form - you could argue that that was three acts.
Annie E. Clark