I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel. — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning — 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
My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record… — 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
“. . . 'Depressing' isn't a word I would use to describe my music. But there is some sadness in it --… — 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 walked out and Jack Nicholson was sitting about six feet away, so I avoided that area and I looked up at… — 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 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
Certain songs just feel a way that's hard to put into words and it's not happy and it's also not really sad… — 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 Image
Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else. — Elliott Smith Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
