“There's a lot of music out there that's like, 'I'm so mad! I'm sad! I'...” — Phil Elverum Quote

“There's a lot of music out there that's like, 'I'm so mad! I'm sad! I'm into skulls and crossbones and the color black,' and that's just meaningless and shallow. So much of metal is about that and it's hard to find metal that is substantial and meaningful in terms of its content.”

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

“After I made 'A Crow Looked at Me,' I remember people saying things to me like, 'You've made a beautiful tribute to Genevieve.' And I felt like, no! No no no, I haven't. I made a tribute to my own destruction and desolation. This is not a portrait of her. That's not who she was. She wasn't just a person who died.”

“America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.”

“Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.”

“Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.”