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Famous Elliott Smith Quotes
“I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.”
“There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I cant do by myself you know.”
“There's lots of ways people can be dependent, on another person, or drugs.”
“People can be chaos but it's hard to fit it into some creative piece that you made. It's hard.”
“If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.”
“I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?”
“I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.”
“I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.”
“I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.”
“I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.”
“I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.”
“I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready.”
“I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record”
“It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning”