My shows have never been related to my albums at all because my albums have all kinds of crazy instruments and stuff that could never be performed live. I'm used to people expecting this 12-piece band to show up with… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I got into Nirvana, and it was my sort of awakening into the idea that music could be like rough and crazy and local. And so I started to realize that there were bands playing in my town, Anacortes. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I like the experience being in the audience and being overwhelmed by sound, like thick, oppressive loud sound and distortion. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I want to not be associated with death or cancer, I don't want that life. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
They're all true - the cliches like 'one day at time' and 'ups and downs.' — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
A weird side effect of being in close proximity to death is an urgency. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I like Copenhagen, just because my shows there have been really good for some reason. Not that I love the city itself, but every… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
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,… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
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. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
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… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
My grandpa is the funniest person in the world, straight up. But mostly everyone in my family groans when he is 'on.' I am… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
Usually I work at the merch table until one minute before I have to go on stage. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just seemed so… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I wanted to make a record that would transcend the bad, hard feelings of a love relationship not working out, to make something that… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
