Daily Discovery: Afterlife Parade, "Break Away"

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BIRTHDATE: I (Quinn Erwin) was born on May 1, 1982. Afterlife Parade was started in January 2011.

HOMETOWN: Yikes, hard to answer since I moved around so much growing up. Biloxi, MS was the last place I lived though.

CURRENT LOCATION: Nashville, TN

AMBITIONS: To be the best me I can be, to love well, and to bring people together with music and art (and do it in the biggest way I can).

TURN-OFFS: Arrogance, pretentiousness, and negativity.

TURN-ONS: Confidence, humility, and hopefulness.

DREAM GIG: Glastonbury looks a raucous of a good time.

FAVORITE LYRIC: “…I’m a birthday candle in a circle of black girls, God is on my side because I’m the child right, I’m so sorry but the motorcade’ll have to go around me this time because God is on my side, and I’m the child right…and all the wine is all for me.”

CRAZIEST PERSON I KNOW: Mack Busby.

SONG I WISH I WROTE: “Afterglow” by Genesis

5 PEOPLE I’D MOST LIKE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Phil Collins, Jon Foreman, Amitav Ghosh, and Lois Lowry.

MY FAVORITE CONCERT EXPERIENCE: Oooh. U2, Dallas, TX, How To Dismantle Tour, with my best friend, and I called the first song before they started the set. It was just a perfect combination for an amazing experience.