Top 41 Quotes & Sayings by Elle King

I don't like people who are just takers.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 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'm actually a barefoot girl.

I write a lot about myself.

I was born out of a Vegas marriage: My parents got married three days after they met.

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

I grew up loving Etta James and Aretha Franklin and Al Green and Otis Redding, and I just love old-school R&B. It's just music that moves you and grooves you, and it was very important, I think, for music.

Sometimes I'm really funny, sometimes I'm quiet, sometimes I'm shy, but I'm constantly changing.

I'm a water baby to no end.

I think the best music is honest music.

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

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

I have over 35 tattoos.

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

I had a beautiful mother and a famous father, and I didn't know where I fit in.

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.

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 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!

I just love playing live.

I love to sing big rock and roll songs; I love to sing country-pop stuff, and then I love to sing soft, sadder beautiful songs.

My dream duet would be with Dolly Parton!

My mom says I was born screaming.

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 obsessed with trash TV. I love horrible TV. shows. It's the white trash in me, you know?

You have to be nice to everybody, and then people want you to succeed.

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

I worked really hard to develop me as an artist and as a musician. I have so many different influences and play so many different instruments, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me!

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 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.

I think I have the best of both worlds because I am a woman, but I'm also a tomboy.

Some people don't take me seriously, so I had to work harder.

People want real. And there are a lot of women out there doing that.