Elle King quotes:

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

I'm a water baby to no end.

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

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

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

I don't like people who are just takers.

My dream duet would be with Dolly Parton!

I think the best music is honest music.

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

I have over 35 tattoos.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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