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> [I buy some black metal records kind of blindly, and I end up really liking maybe 30% of them. There's a lot of duds, for me at least, in black metal. I have kind of picky tastes about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/i-buy-some-black-metal-records-kind-of-blindly-and-i-end-up-really/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

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## Other authors on Black metal

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-varg-vikernes-93204.jpg) Varg Vikernes 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-metal/varg-vikernes/)

## More by Phil Elverum

> [I like the experience being in the audience and being overwhelmed by sound, like thick, oppressive loud sound and distortion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/i-like-the-experience-being-in-the-audience-and-being-overwhelmed-by/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [I want to not be associated with death or cancer, I don't want that life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/i-want-to-not-be-associated-with-death-or-cancer-i-don-t-want-that/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [They're all true - the cliches like 'one day at time' and 'ups and downs.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/they-re-all-true-the-cliches-like-one-day-at-time-and-ups-and-downs/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [A weird side effect of being in close proximity to death is an urgency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/a-weird-side-effect-of-being-in-close-proximity-to-death-is-an-urgency/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [I like Copenhagen, just because my shows there have been really good for some reason. Not that I love the city itself, but every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/i-like-copenhagen-just-because-my-shows-there-have-been-really-good/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [My exposure to independent music was via Nirvana and grunge so I'd never gotten into punk. I don't really like that music of Crass,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/my-exposure-to-independent-music-was-via-nirvana-and-grunge-so-i-d/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [I feel like I spend most of my time in a state of writer's block! When things do come out, they come out quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/i-feel-like-i-spend-most-of-my-time-in-a-state-of-writer-s-block-when/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [It's a beautiful idea to focus on how everything is temporary and always in flux. It may feel bad now, but it will feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/it-s-a-beautiful-idea-to-focus-on-how-everything-is-temporary-and/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [My grandpa is the funniest person in the world, straight up. But mostly everyone in my family groans when he is 'on.' I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/my-grandpa-is-the-funniest-person-in-the-world-straight-up-but-mostly/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [Usually I work at the merch table until one minute before I have to go on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/usually-i-work-at-the-merch-table-until-one-minute-before-i-have-to/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just seemed so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/all-the-books-on-my-shelves-when-i-would-go-to-them-to-look-for-help/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [I wanted to make a record that would transcend the bad, hard feelings of a love relationship not working out, to make something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/i-wanted-to-make-a-record-that-would-transcend-the-bad-hard-feelings/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [I sometimes think about the life that my daughter will have with no mom. What does it mean to have a ghost mom? Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/i-sometimes-think-about-the-life-that-my-daughter-will-have-with-no/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [Every tour is different. Sometimes I'll get a band together and sometimes it's just me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/every-tour-is-different-sometimes-i-ll-get-a-band-together-and/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

> [In the early '50s, my great-grandmother and grandfather raised a baby gorilla named Bobo who wore clothes and played with the neighborhood kids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-elverum/in-the-early-50s-my-great-grandmother-and-grandfather-raised-a-baby/)

[Phil Elverum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-elverum/)

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