Quotes from Elle King

My mom says I was born screaming.

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

I'm actually a barefoot girl.

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.

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

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 grew up always hanging out with boys, and I always wanted to play rock 'n' roll with boys, and so I've always acted kind of like a man.

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.

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.

I'm a water baby to no end.

I don't like people who are just takers.

I have over 35 tattoos.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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