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
So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.
Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating.
I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records.
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 going that keeps IV drug users from dying.
I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?
I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.
I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.
I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.
The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird.
It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.
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 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 that you don't want to be in
I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.
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.