Elle King Quotes

I have perfected the art of the mean song to make me feel like I have a backbone.

I'm really not good at anything else, so if I don't make it as a musician, I'll probably just end up living in the woods with a bunch of dogs.

I just love playing live.

I'm actually a barefoot girl.

I started with the guitar around 12 years old but didn't learn the banjo until I was about 18 or 19.

I love to sing big rock and roll songs; I love to sing country-pop stuff, and then I love to sing soft, sadder beautiful songs.

I think I write funny songs that make people kind of, like, stop what they're doing and be like, 'What did you say?' And then it makes them laugh a little bit.

I used to be afraid to use the word 'pop' to describe my music, but underneath my tough, bad-girl sound, there's some fun.

My first name is a boy's name. It's Tanner. I've always gone by my middle name but, yeah, my first name is Tanner. And King is my mom's last name. I took my mom's last name since I was 18.

You never know which Elle you're going to see day to day, because I wake up in different moods.

I think the best music is honest music.

I grew up loving Etta James and Aretha Franklin and Al Green and Otis Redding, and I just love old-school R&B. It's just music that moves you and grooves you, and it was very important, I think, for music.

My mom says I was born screaming.

I'm a really good friend; I'm terrible to date.

I grew up barefoot, dirty, climbing trees. It made me appreciate things more.

I followed a guy to Denmark. I came home with a broken heart.

I was born out of a Vegas marriage: My parents got married three days after they met.

Touring is my favorite part of being a musician. All the places I've traveled and lived affect me in many different ways. Good and bad.

I had a beautiful mother and a famous father, and I didn't know where I fit in.