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
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.
If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.
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 tags are there in order to help try to sell something by giving it a name that's going to stick in somebody's memory. But it doesn't describe it. So 'depressing' isn't a word I would use to describe my music. But there is some sadness in it -- there has to be, so that the happiness in it will matter.
I've been here all three nights. I kind of like it down here by the river.
Items like televisions and computers are considered hazardous waste. If we have to dispose of an item like that now, it isn't just a matter of putting it in the trash. It requires special handling.
I like home recordings and studio recordings just as much as each other - I don't think one is better - but for this record I wanted to see what I could do in a real studio with real producers.
Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.
They don't put any pressure on me to do anything in particular and Dreamworks didn't either so this was a really easy record to make.
I think that record gave me a reputation for being a really dark, depressed person but I think I'm just about as happy as all the other people I know.
I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things.
Static in my head,the reflected sound of everything,tried to go to where it led,but it didn't lead to anything.
I may not seem quite right,But i'm not f**ked, not quite.
I'm comfortable apart,It's all written on my chartThat I take what's given to meMost cooperatively.I do what people sayAnd lie in bed all dayAbsolutely horrified,I hope you're satisfied.
I'm comfortable apart, It's all written on my chart That I take what's given to me Most cooperatively. I do what people say And lie in bed all day Absolutely horrified, I hope you're satisfied.