Elle King Quotes
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I was born out of a Vegas marriage: My parents got married three days after they met.
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My mom says I was born screaming.
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I don't like people who are just takers.
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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.
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My dream duet would be with Dolly Parton!
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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.
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I started with the guitar around 12 years old but didn't learn the banjo until I was about 18 or 19.
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Sometimes I'm really funny, sometimes I'm quiet, sometimes I'm shy, but I'm constantly changing.
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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.
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I fall in love fast, and I fall out of love even faster.
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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.
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I have over 35 tattoos.
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I'm obsessed with trash TV. I love horrible TV. shows. It's the white trash in me, you know?
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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.
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I just love playing live.
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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!
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I write a lot about myself.
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You never know which Elle you're going to see day to day, because I wake up in different moods.
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I think the best music is honest music.
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I'm actually a barefoot girl.
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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.
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I'm a really good friend; I'm terrible to date.
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As for relationships, I know nothing. I'm an idiot; I can't get it right.
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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.