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.
If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy. - Elliott Smith
If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.
- Elliott Smith
Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating. - Elliott Smith
Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating.
Everything means nothing to me - Elliott Smith
Everything means nothing to me
He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone. - Elliott Smith
He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone.
Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that. - Elliott Smith
Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.
I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful. B… - Elliott Smith
I liked the idea of a self-contained, endless pursuit of perfection. But I have a problem with perfection. I don't think perfection is very artful. B…
The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird. - Elliott Smith
The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird.
Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak a… - Elliott Smith
Theres a bunch of Elvis Costello records that made all the difference between feeling like a total freak and feeling like ... only a freak. A freak a…
I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go. - Elliott Smith
I didn't have a hard time making it. I had a hard time letting it go.
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