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. – Elle King
I have a really supportive, great group of friends, and we all push each other. They come to my shows, I go to their premieres; it’s wonderful. – Elle King
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. – Elle King
I flip the turntables. I write a lot from the male perspective, but as a female. That’s how I live my life. I can roll with the boys. – Elle King
Sometimes I’m really funny, sometimes I’m quiet, sometimes I’m shy, but I’m constantly changing. – Elle King
I did some stupid things when I was younger, but I got a lot out of my system. Every time, my mom was waiting there with an ‘I told you so.’ Moms are usually right. You’re wrong if you don’t think that they’ve done what we’re doing, because they have. – Elle King
You never know which Elle you’re going to see day to day, because I wake up in different moods. – Elle King
I’m obsessed with trash TV. I love horrible TV. shows. It’s the white trash in me, you know? – Elle King
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. – Elle King
I started playing in New York when I was 16. I had a fake ID so I could play shows, and, I don’t know, bouncers didn’t really say no to me, I guess. I’m fun! – Elle King
I was 18, at art school, and saw this cute boy playing banjo. I was obsessed. I taught myself how to play. I listened to a lot of country and just messed around. The second song I wrote on the banjo was ‘Good to Be a Man.’ That what’s got me signed. – Elle King
