Elle King Quotations

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

I fall in love fast, and I fall out of love even faster.

You have to be nice to everybody, and then people want you to succeed.

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

I don't like people who are just takers.

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

As for relationships, I know nothing. I'm an idiot; I can't get it right.

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.

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.

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

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

I think the best music is honest music.

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.

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

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

I'm obsessed with trash TV. I love horrible TV. shows. It's the white trash in me, you know?

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.

My dream duet would be with Dolly Parton!

Sometimes I'm really funny, sometimes I'm quiet, sometimes I'm shy, but I'm constantly changing.

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.

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.

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.

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 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!

Sometimes, if you fake confidence long enough, you're going to be confident.

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

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.

I worked really hard to develop me as an artist and as a musician. I have so many different influences and play so many different instruments, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me!

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.

The music I play and write is all reflective of myself and the experiences in my life. I feel like my whole journey is just collecting stories and songs along the way.