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
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
Static in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything.
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.
I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members
Burning every bridge that I cross to find some beautiful place to get lost.
Doing battle with themselves that way, every day, all the time and sometimes it sucks, but other times it results in people making sort of a dream comprehensible to someone else.
I'm the wrong kind of person to be really big and famous.
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.
It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.
I don't really think of time off as writing blocks. I think that's a western notion of demonizing inactivity. When your imagination decides it needs to take a nap. maybe that's what it needs to do.
A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not.
They say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.
It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.
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.