Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smithwas an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived for much of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. Smith's primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient with piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style, characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery", and used multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth6 August 1969
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
Elliott Smith quotes about
If I seem to be reckless with myself, It's the fault of no one. All things have a place Under the moon as well as the sun.
And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.
There's lots of ways people can be dependent, on another person, or drugs...
I've been doing four-track songs by myself since I was like a teenager, where I'd sing in a way that I ... I just didn't think other people would like it, so I didn't play it for them but eventually I got over that, which I'm happy that I did, because it's kind of a drag to be playing a kind of music that you don't really like as much as another kind.
While his history of depression is compatible with suicide... and the location and direction of the stab wounds are consistent with self-infliction, several aspects of the circumstances (as they are known at this time) are atypical of suicide and raise the possibility of homicide.
It was hard to sing like how I wanted to because playing live I had to just be at the top of my lungs all the time, and it made me sound like I had a really bad cold or something.
I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record
I didnt know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.
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.
You can take a picture of New York and one person looking at it will think it looks really depressing, frightening; and someone else will look at it and think of all the fun things you can do in New York. I think songs are kinda like that.
It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning
The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.
There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I cant do by myself you know.
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.