“On CBC Radio, the Canadian national radio, there's a show called 'Wire...” — Phil Elverum Quote

“On CBC Radio, the Canadian national radio, there's a show called 'WireTap.' The host is Jonathan Goldstein. It's amazing.”

“For awhile the only thing people were talking to me about my music, that's all they ever said: 'You must be a nature lover. Are you camping all the time?'”

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

“I have done a lot of sci-fi, not out of choice, necessarily. It's just that I'm Canadian, and it's more cost-efficient to film sci-fi up here.”

“I don't have a moral plan, I'm a Canadian.”

“My home is Montreal. I will stay in Montreal and continue to make movies in Montreal. But it's also very healthy for Canadian filmmakers to work outside the country. You learn so much.”