“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
“If my music is political in a way, and it might be, it's in the way of generating a sensitivity in people, a deeper awareness of the world around them. That's my goal, at least.” PeopleIfsWorldWayMightPoliticalGoalAwarenessMusic IsDeeperSensitivity 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
“To me, Twitter seems like a way for people to just let the world know about the most mundane bullshit that crosses their mind.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayMindSeemsCrossesBullshitMundane Author:Phil Elvrum
“All the books on my shelves, when I would go to them to look for help with my anguish, they all just seemed so crass. They didn't get it. Those books don't understand. Nobody understands. The universe, nobody understands my agony, or my questioning, and it's this shift in what in the world around us could possibly be meaningful or helpful.” WorldBookHelpingUniverseMeaningfulHelpfulQuestioningAnguish Author:Phil Elvrum
