Elle King

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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 write a lot about myself.”

“I don't like people who are just takers.”

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“My dream duet would be with Dolly Parton!”