101 Quotes by Phil Elverum

Somebody from Pitchfork Festival wanted me to have a Microphones reunion. It's a joke. It's just me.

We had a simple 8-track studio set up in the record store where I worked. And just staying after work and experimenting, realizing what was possible with recording - that's why my project was called The Microphones at first. Because it wasn't even songs really. It was just sound.

It's nice to have a band that can adapt to whatever show we're in, so we can play on a big stage or a house show.

Twitter is so stupid. I mean, it sucks!

I remember discovering that I loved recording - that breakthrough when I was in high school getting to record for the first time.

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.

I used to have a musical group with a girlfriend called The Thunderclouds. It was like a Beach Boys cover band. And we would just figure out Beach Boy songs - break 'em into two-part harmonies. And, you know, we played a couple of shows around Olympia. It was very fun.

I do spend time trying to find good melodies, and I try to remember them when I do discover them. But also it's mostly intuitive; I noodle around with the line until it sounds and feels right.

I wanted to make a record that would transcend the bad, hard feelings of a love relationship not working out, to make something that metabolized it into something useful and good.