Declan McKenna Quotes

Declan McKenna

Profession : Sculptor

Birth : December 24, 1998

When making a music video, it becomes quite difficult to find a director who can puts all your words into pictures and convey the same message.

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Many films about trans people have this weird suggestion that they don't have the chance to be happy.

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I've been very fortunate to have my music spread widely via the Internet.

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I wouldn't be in the position I am now without social media. It has put a lot of power into the hands of creators and artists to just do things on their own terms, but I think that this is what is causing an epidemic of anxiety; people just constantly need information.

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I'm used to feeling isolated from people I want to see, it's been a big part of my life since I was a teenager touring and so on.

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With 'My House' I was diving into this daydream of running away and becoming reconnected.

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Life is constantly political, it's constantly reminding you that it's political.

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Everything you observe in day-to-day life comes back to politics.

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You think about how we could do better to serve humans and to live happier and more constructive lives - to live less destructively as well. That's something that has always been in my head when I am making music, 'How could things be better?'

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There have been moments where I've felt really inspired for a short period, been really zoned in, but when I get like that, I get too excited and completely burn myself out for a couple of days and go back to not really doing anything.

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I've had opportunities to do a couple of really cool things online, but it's not a festival. A really good online performance, people are honing that as a thing, but no way is it the same.

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The idea of young people being seen but not heard and trying not to say anything too offensive isn't such a thing any more.

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I feel like young people aren't afraid to make their voices heard and try and make changes in the world, especially through art and music.

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I just like a good pair of dungarees. It's comfortable, it's versatile, it looks good with anything. I'm a fan.

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I'd like to be able to make something as good as 'Hunky Dory' or 'Young Americans.'

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I mean, you have to try and make the best music you can, and you're not going to do that by emulating something you don't believe is the best.

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I don't know why I need music, I just do, and that's what I love.

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I like to think our brains are a bit like algorithms. Whatever you give it and feed it, you get out the product.

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I have to really convince myself to buy something online.

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My generation has a lot of very anxious young people.

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