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Elliott Smith quotes: If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.

If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.

Elliott Smith quotes: Why would you want any other, when you're a world within a world?

Why would you want any other, when you're a world within a world?

Elliott Smith quotes: I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.

I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.

Elliott Smith quotes: I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

Elliott Smith quotes: A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not.

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 quotes: The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

Elliott Smith quotes: Everything means nothing to me

Everything means nothing to me

Elliott Smith quotes: He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone.

He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone.

Elliott Smith quotes: You can't get better at things you never play.

You can't get better at things you never play.

Elliott Smith quotes: But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

Elliott Smith quotes: It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.

Elliott Smith quotes: I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.

Elliott Smith quotes: There's lots of ways people can be dependent, on another person, or drugs ...

There's lots of ways people can be dependent, on another person, or drugs ...

Elliott Smith quotes: I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.

Elliott Smith quotes: It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.

It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.

Elliott Smith quotes: I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

Elliott Smith quotes: I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go.

I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go.

Elliott Smith quotes: I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.

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 quotes: People can be chaos but it's hard to fit it into some creative piece that you made. It's hard.

People can be chaos but it's hard to fit it into some creative piece that you made. It's hard.

Elliott Smith quotes: Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating.

Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating.

Elliott Smith quotes: I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles] ... I'm ready.

I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles] ... I'm ready.

Elliott Smith quotes: I'm the wrong kind of person to be really big and famous.

I'm the wrong kind of person to be really big and famous.

Elliott Smith quotes: I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

Elliott Smith quotes: Static in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything.

Static in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything.

Elliott Smith quotes: 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 them to be convincing.

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 them to be convincing.

Elliott Smith quotes: So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.

So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.

Elliott Smith quotes: I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.

I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.

Elliott Smith quotes: Tired of dancing on a pot of gold flake paint

Tired of dancing on a pot of gold flake paint

Elliott Smith quotes: The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird.

The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird.

Elliott Smith quotes: Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail,

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail,

Elliott Smith quotes: They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.

They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.

Elliott Smith quotes: What I used to be will pass away and then you'll seeThat all I want now is happiness for you and me

What I used to be will pass away and then you'll see
That all I want now is happiness for you and me

Elliott Smith quotes: There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know.

There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know.

Elliott Smith quotes: It's hard to represent chaos, or like an absence of something. It's much easier to represent the presence of something or a situation.

It's hard to represent chaos, or like an absence of something. It's much easier to represent the presence of something or a situation.

Elliott Smith quotes: Fights problems with bigger problems.

Fights problems with bigger problems.

Elliott Smith quotes: I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?

I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?

Elliott Smith quotes: Burning every bridge that I cross to find some beautiful place to get lost.

Burning every bridge that I cross to find some beautiful place to get lost.

Elliott Smith quotes: All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.

All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.

Elliott Smith quotes: I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.

I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.

Elliott Smith quotes: Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.

Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.

Elliott Smith quotes: 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 particular.

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 particular.

Elliott Smith quotes: If I seem to be reckless with myself,It's the fault of no one.All things have a placeUnder the moon as well as the sun.

If I seem to be reckless with myself,It's the fault of no one.All things have a placeUnder the moon as well as the sun.

Elliott Smith quotes: It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.

It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.

Elliott Smith quotes: And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.

And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.

Elliott Smith quotes: There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

Elliott Smith quotes: i'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow

i'm never gonna know you now, but i'm gonna love you anyhow

Elliott Smith quotes: I didn't know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.

I didn't know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.

Elliott Smith quotes: 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 the back and sang the

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 the back and sang the song.

Elliott Smith quotes: 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 shocked.

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 shocked.

Elliott Smith quotes: 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 but I couldn't say what it is

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 but I couldn't say what it is

Elliott Smith quotes: Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.

Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.

Elliott Smith quotes: 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 anybody does.

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 anybody does.

Elliott Smith quotes: I see you're leaving me and taking up with the enemy, the cold comfort of the in-between, a little less than a human being.

I see you're leaving me and taking up with the enemy, the cold comfort of the in-between, a little less than a human being.

Elliott Smith quotes: I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

Elliott Smith quotes: I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things.

I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things.

Elliott Smith quotes: I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.

I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.