When I first started recording music, I was actually singing about microphones, equipment, recording. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
People used to assume I was a serious/sad person because of my music for some reason. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I'm mostly fine with anyone using my music for whatever. Everything's just compost that gets reused. — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
For awhile the only thing people were talking to me about my music, that's all they ever said: 'You must be a… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I have a hard time working with other people with my own songs because I have a pretty complete idea of how… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I don't think my music is that big of a deal - my entire life is parenting. The fact that I make… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
If I wanted to make big, bombastic, distorted, echo-y, trippy music, the atmospheric stuff, a studio is nice. But it's nice to… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
Even when I was calling myself the Microphones I only really ever played new songs... because I feel, like, a pretty strong… — 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… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
Being a musician means I am 'hanging out' a lot, like driving on tour or being at a show or whatever, so… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I listen to all kinds of music and sometimes I try to do something that's referential to an era or a genre,… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
There's a lot of music out there that's like, 'I'm so mad! I'm sad! I'm into skulls and crossbones and the color… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I used to have a musical group with a girlfriend called The Thunderclouds. It was like a Beach Boys cover band. And… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
These people that worked with my dad doing landscaping were in a grunge band so the music on the cover of Rolling… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
Nirvana really touched me as a teenager and started making me pay attention to music as a participatory thing that I could… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I'm open to making any kind of music, or maybe making no music ever again. That's also an option, always. Who knows… — 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… — Phil Elverum Copy Share Image
I do spend time trying to find good melodies, and I try to remember them when I do discover them. But also… — 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
