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
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
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
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 Image
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 Image
