My shows have never been related to my albums at all because my albums have all kinds of crazy instruments and stuff… — Phil Elverum Band Copy Share Image
I always like to play in beautiful cathedrals, when I can somehow get access to do a punk show there. — Phil Elverum Always Copy Share Image
My first band was called Nubert Circus, a very embarrassing, dumb name. It means nothing. We were kind of grunge. I would… — Phil Elverum Circus Copy Share Image
I need some time to write songs and work on my thing, but I'm just living my life and doing family stuff… — Phil Elverum Cool Copy Share Image
It's easy to get swept up in the day to day ridiculous things that are in the news. They're not meaningless, they're… — Phil Elverum Day Copy Share Image
I think I'm obsessed with accessibility which is why, when I'm touring, I want to play all ages shows. — Phil Elverum Accessibility Copy Share Image
I grew up without religion, but my parents have always been somewhat mystical about nature: The mountain is looking at us, stuff… — Phil Elverum Mountain Copy Share Image
I never want to keep doing the same thing more than once, honestly. — Phil Elverum Keep Copy Share Image
Clear Moon' is more... clear I guess! It's more round-sounding and it's slightly gentler. 'Ocean Roar' is more challenging and weird and… — Phil Elverum Fog Copy Share Image
Life here (in the Pacific Northwest, not in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland or the chain of buildings connecting them but in the rest… — Phil Elverum Life Copy Share Image
I don't get to make many choices in my life as a single parent. — Phil Elverum Choices Copy Share Image
I don't want to return to places and sing the same songs a second time. — Phil Elverum Return 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 Attention Copy Share Image
I can't bring myself to release an instrumental album because I feel like I want some meat on the bone. Something to… — Phil Elverum Bone Copy Share Image
I buy some black metal records kind of blindly, and I end up really liking maybe 30% of them. There's a lot… — Phil Elverum Black Copy Share Image
Grief - the actual, natural process of it - doesn't have a schedule that I can work my life around. — Phil Elverum Grief Copy Share Image
My daughter is like a tether back to the functional world, and I'm aware of how helpful that is. — Phil Elverum Aware Copy Share Image
Comedy is deep and wild and I am excited about the mysteries within. — Phil Elverum Comedy Copy Share Image
I'm actually not fussy. I enjoy getting into it and talking about anything, really. It feels good. — Phil Elverum About 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 Big Copy Share Image
