“I've always written songs with a visual counterpart in my mind that no one else can see.” MindSongWrittenVisualsCounterparts Author:Phil Elvrum
“When I sing the songs, there's a color tone and a place, and it's not a place that I remember in reality. It's usually based on a photo that I took - 'cause those photos don't look like the real world. The film distorts them, and the colors get exaggerated.” WorldLooksRealRealityRememberFilmSongCausesColorToneReal WorldExaggerated Author:Phil Elvrum
“A lot of my songs are about death and the fleetingness of life. It just feels good to remind myself about that a lot. For whatever reason. And it's a beautiful thing, actually. It seems to me like it's a beautiful way to live in the world and to relate to things, with an awareness of temporality.” WorldWayFeelsReasonSeemsBeautifulSongAwarenessFeel GoodRelateBeautiful ThingsWay To LiveTemporality Author:Phil Elvrum
“All things in the world are singing a song, reciting a poem, inaudibly, to their surroundings, to the things they encounter.” WorldSongSingingAll ThingsEncountersSurroundingsReciting Author:Phil Elvrum
