All Elliott Smith Quotes
- I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go. Go
- I think the suggestion that all my songs are personal is insulting because that assumes that I have a bunch of issues that I feel… All
- Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail, Fail
- You can't get better at things you never play. Better
- Everybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you don't think, 'Godfathers of Punk.' You just think, 'This sounds great.' The… Depressing
- I walked out and Jack Nicholson was sitting about six feet away, so I avoided that area and I looked up at the balcony in… Area
- I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything. Gonna
- I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something. Inspirational
- I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records. Gonna
- But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees. Around Portland
- I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place. Better
- They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases. Devil
- I got tired of doing battle with people thinking I was a little weird because I wasn't in a band making happy, stilted music. The… Band
- 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 for… All
- Music is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to the… Doesn
- I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready. Business
- Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I better stop now before I start crying. Go off to sleep in the sunshine...I don't want… Better
- I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record Inspirational
- It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning Any
- 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… Box
- I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members Bear
- Static in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything. Everything Tried
- My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally… Cavity
- Fights problems with bigger problems. Bigger
- Burning every bridge that I cross to find some beautiful place to get lost. Beautiful