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Quote by Phil Elvrum

“I've always written songs with a visual counterpart in my mind that no one else can see.”

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Phil Elvrum, born on May 26, 1978, is a musician with a significant influence in the music industry. His unique musical style and talented compositions have won the favor of many listeners. more

“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.”

World Way Feels Reason Seems Beautiful Song Awareness Feel Good Relate Beautiful Things Way To Live Temporality

Author:Phil Elvrum

“I don't draw every day. I tend to draw intensely during certain periods of time. I draw to amuse myself on occasion, when I am bored and drawing is the only fun to be had.”

Certain Fun Periods Draws Drawing Occasions Bored

Author:David Shrigley

“Sometimes commercial galleries ask for particular work to sell, but I try not to be bossed around by them. I didn't become an artist to get bossed around.”

Trying Sometimes Artist Asks Particular Sells Gallery

Author:David Shrigley

“All things in the world are singing a song, reciting a poem, inaudibly, to their surroundings, to the things they encounter.”

World Song Singing All Things Encounters Surroundings Reciting

Author:Phil Elvrum

“I like making books but I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing. Perhaps I just try to arrange a bunch of seemingly random drawings into something that makes a vague narrative sense. Sometimes it sort of makes sense, sometimes it doesn't.”

Trying Book Sometimes Drawing Bunch Narrative Make Sense Not Sure Vague

Author:David Shrigley

“For some reason focusing on destruction and mortality is more poetically exciting to me than hope and love.”

Reason Destruction And Love Exciting Mortality Hope And Love

Author:Phil Elvrum

“Internet can provide the power to believe in art in new formulas, because it is the newest medium for art.”

Believe Art Internet Mediums Formulas

Author:Terence Koh

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