Phil Elverum Quotes

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

I've never really tried to copy anyone; I like to have my own style.

I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It's important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living.

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

Time is my biggest luxury. Finding time to do things outside of fashion, which I think for a designer is incredibly important.

When someone comes along and expresses him or herself as freely as they think, people flock to it. They enjoy it.

Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.

I love when I go out and I have my hair and makeup done, but I also like it when I'm just with the family because that's real.

I think it's most important to, rather than just do what everybody else is doing, like tons of selfies, find out what makes you excited. You know, is it taking pictures and doing cool makeup and making yourself look great? If so, wonderful. Is it music? Is it teaching something? Are you great at teaching?

I've taken Saturdays to be the day I pull back completely. I do things that are more creative, and I've actually found that helps me when I get back into work to be more thoughtful, and I truly believe that feeding your creative soul is really important to being more analytical.

I like to create something that's unique and kind of true to myself and authentic and everything. I don't really like to mirror myself after different artists.

I wanna be one of those special guys. Jimi Hendrix wasn't afraid of who he was. That's the part I emulate.

If you think about what everyone else will think, you forget to just make music.

My job is to express myself.

Standing up for what you believe is right, as well as standing up for what you believe is funny, standing up for what you believe is cool. As we found each other and the music that we do, we get to live out all of those things. That's what Run The Jewels is: it's all of those aspects of our personality.

I don't feel pressure to act like other people or rap like other people, because I just can't.

When I'm not working out, it's important to me to express the creative, girly side of my personality.

You should be able to do you. That's what differentiates an artist from a singer.

You can only write your own vision.

My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I think it is strong and beautiful. The result is something that other people decide.