Elliott Smith Quotes

If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.
Elliott Smith

Play, Guitar, Guy

I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying.
Elliott Smith

Money, Important, Keep

I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?
Elliott Smith

Why, Talk, Guess

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.
Elliott Smith

It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.
Elliott Smith

Truth, Tell, Easier

I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.
Elliott Smith

Wanted, Move, Portland

I mean people just have a way of - y'know they'll review your record in two sentences and put you in this little stupid box that you don't want to be in.
Elliott Smith

Stupid, Mean, Two

I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.
Elliott Smith

Leaving, Put, Bear

Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.
Elliott Smith

Try, Idea, Since

And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.
Elliott Smith

Trying, Write, Songs

Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.
Elliott Smith

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
Elliott Smith

Around, Jobs, Trees

I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.
Elliott Smith

Actually, Sell, Records

I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go.
Elliott Smith

Time, Hard, Making

I didn't know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.
Elliott Smith

Knew, Ferdinand

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.
Elliott Smith

Playing, Gonna, Oscars

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.
Elliott Smith

Different, Place, York

I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.
Elliott Smith

Around, Whatever, Expecting

I like home recordings and studio recordings just as much as each other - I don't think one is better - but for this record I wanted to see what I could do in a real studio with real producers.
Elliott Smith

Home, Real, Wanted

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.
Elliott Smith

Experience, Float, Parades

I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things.
Elliott Smith

Off, Coming, Psyche

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.
Elliott Smith

It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.
Elliott Smith

Two, Almost, Caught

It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.
Elliott Smith

After, Point, Band

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.
Elliott Smith

Meaning, Songs, Popular

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: August 6, 1969

Died: October 21, 2003

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