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 Era Copy Share Image
It even feels absurd to be writing or singing a song at all - in the context of actual death, being alive… — Phil Elverum Absurd Copy Share Image
Somebody from Pitchfork Festival wanted me to have a Microphones reunion. It's a joke. It's just me. — Phil Elverum Festival Copy Share Image
It's really hard just making dinner as a single parent, but I'm figuring it out. I just have to be more focused… — Phil Elverum Dinner 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 Entire life Copy Share Image
I love things like the Criterion Collection DVDs. I think those are really well done. I like how far you can push… — Phil Elverum Done Copy Share Image
I'm really nervous about coming off as exclusive or elitist. At the same time, I recognize that when I put out vinyl… — Phil Elverum Books Copy Share Image
I've sort of accidentally put myself in this position where I opened up the story of my life, and of course people… — Phil Elverum Find 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 Driving Copy Share Image
I am drawn to cold, desolate places rather than Hawaii. I actually love Hawaii too, but I tend to go to Iceland… — Phil Elverum Best 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 Could Copy Share Image
I am not satisfied with the ending of 'Mount Eerie' the album, so maybe by calling myself that, I am attempting to… — Phil Elverum Calling Copy Share Image
Nirvana was happening when I was 14, kind of the perfect age. Growing up in Anacortes, Washington, it was close enough to… — Phil Elverum Age Copy Share Image
There are some people that are trying to cure death, this tech immortality... That seems mentally ill. — Phil Elverum Cure Copy Share Image
I'm not a perfectionist. I don't have enough patience to go over the same details over and over trying to get it… — Phil Elverum Details 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 Connection Copy Share Image
After I made 'A Crow Looked at Me,' I remember people saying things to me like, 'You've made a beautiful tribute to… — Phil Elverum Beautiful Copy Share Image
I remember discovering that I loved recording - that breakthrough when I was in high school getting to record for the first… — Phil Elverum First time Copy Share Image
I just can't turn off the part me that asks that question over and over. — Phil Elverum Me Copy Share Image
People used to assume I was a serious/sad person because of my music for some reason. — Phil Elverum Music 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 Color black Copy Share Image
I don't really see myself in a lineage which is fine with me. Sometimes I do try to explicitly copy an exact… — Phil Elverum Copy Copy Share Image
It would be amazing to write a song that could be sung 100 years from now by a teenage girl and still… — Phil Elverum Amazing Copy Share Image
I am commodifying my grief, to put it really bluntly. I accept it. And I try not to think about it. — Phil Elverum Accept Copy Share Image
It feels weird to play songs that I don't really... feel any more. — Phil Elverum Feel Copy Share Image
