Phil Elverum Quotes

I want to be a soul singer.

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist.

I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.

Music is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work.

I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what I write. I think it is a pretty broad category.

I have an incomplete album that I want to finish. I have been thinking about the plan during my days in jail, I have sung rock n' roll for forty years. After jail, I will continue to rock n' roll.

I did everything I could to not be a musician.

I love what I do. I made my first record in '57. I don't think I'll ever get tired of making records and writing songs and singing and being in the music business.

Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.

I traveled the world as a DJ, as a singer, as a songwriter, as a producer.

But I'm a rock 'n' roll singer; that's my livelihood, my occupation.

I really want to be just a singer-songwriter. That's who I am.

Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.

I'm hoping to do more with my music. I did the stage musical 'Spring Awakening' recently and it reignited the love I have for singing.

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

I was 17 when I released my first record. I didn't really figure out what I wanted to say, how to get a message and put it together.

I want to do a record with Adam Green of all German schlager songs.

I moved to Dallas, and I started making music.

I'm trying to break away from doing covers or from being considered only as a YouTube star. I'm a singer, songwriter, sound engineer, and producer.

I would love to do a video with Harry Styles and sit with him and talk about, like, his music and One Direction and everything he has going on and all his amazing songs that have been coming out.

I always wanted to do my solo album in English, because I grew up listening to a lot of pop artists and English-based songs.

I was a Kimya fan for a long time, a Moldy Peaches fan, so I got to work on her 'Thunder Thighs' record a little bit and we became friends and just started writing songs.

I never had my mind set on being an entertainer in the music business.

I want to be a country singer more than anything in the world.

Rob Zombie was White Zombie and I was Static-X. I wrote and produced everything.