Back in the day, no one had digital cameras. They took these pictures of me, got them developed, and then mailed them to me.
Erika M. AndersonIt 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 videos online.
Erika M. AndersonI like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic.
Erika M. AndersonI was doing experimental noise-based music and I learned a number of things about performance. I was playing small shows - sometimes without a PA - where people couldn't really hear me so I relied a lot on physicality and a sense of discomfort and risk.
Erika M. AndersonThere is a resentment and rejection of liberal culture. That culture is not available to many people in America. And the liberal coastal elite, who may never have been to rural America, just think everyone there is racist and homophobic and judge them to be terrible people. They think there is nothing wrong to be making jokes about 'meth heads', who are actually a group of people with poverty-related drug issues. They don't see their own hypocrisy. I think this is a huge issue and one that cannot be ignored.
Erika M. Anderson