Art & Creativity Quote by April Winchell

Tourists collect keychains; April Winchell collects sound. "I always like to get local music when I'm in another country" lands with the casual confidence of someone who knows culture isn’t a souvenir aisle, it’s a frequency you have to tune in to. The line reads simple, but it quietly rejects the default expat move: staying inside the comfort bubble of the familiar, letting a place become just scenery for your existing tastes.

As an actress and performer with a sharp ear for voice and character, Winchell is implicitly arguing that music is the fastest way to meet a country on its own terms. Local radio, street pop, a weird regional ballad, a club track you can’t name yet - these aren’t just playlists; they’re social cues. You learn what people celebrate, what they flirt to, what they grieve to, what they’re trying to forget. You also hear the power dynamics: which languages dominate the charts, which traditions get packaged for outsiders, which sounds are resisting that packaging.

There’s subtext, too, about humility. "Get" is blunt and consumer-ish, but the habit she describes is closer to listening as a form of respect. It’s an attempt to be changed, even slightly, by where you are. In an era when travel often means reproducing your home life with better lighting, the quote is a small manifesto: if you’re going to cross a border, let your ears cross it first.