I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready. — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song. — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
You can take a picture of New York and one person looking at it will think it looks really depressing, frightening; and… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
I don't really think of time off as writing blocks. I think that's a western notion of demonizing inactivity. When your imagination… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
I don’t think it’s important who I am. I really like playing music, but I don’t really want to be anything in… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
Everybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you don't think, 'Godfathers of Punk.' You just think, 'This… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
I think the suggestion that all my songs are personal is insulting because that assumes that I have a bunch of issues… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
I've been doing four-track songs by myself since I was like a teenager, where I'd sing in a way that I ...… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
I got tired of doing battle with people thinking I was a little weird because I wasn't in a band making happy,… — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that. — Elliott Smith Copy Share
Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else. — Elliott Smith Copy Share
My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was… — Elliott Smith Copy Share
People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd be hard… — Elliott Smith Copy Share
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… — Elliott Smith Copy Share
I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear. — Elliott Smith Copy Share
There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know. — Elliott Smith Copy Share
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… — Elliott Smith Copy Share
People can be chaos but it's hard to fit it into some creative piece that you made. It's hard. — Elliott Smith Copy Share
A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not. — Elliott Smith Copy Share
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