I didnt know how many people knew who Ferdinand was. Elliott Smith More Quotes by Elliott Smith More Quotes From Elliott Smith I'm the wrong kind of person to be really big and famous. Elliott Smith bigs kind persons I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel. Elliott Smith writing song people 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. Elliott Smith block writing thinking People are so... seem so chaotic internally, but being filtered through some form, like making a record, sort of filters it down into something that can be understood. Elliott Smith filters records people I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something. Elliott Smith portland wanted moving Static in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything. Elliott Smith static sound 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. Elliott Smith location suicide self 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. Elliott Smith who-i-am important thinking There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I cant do by myself you know. Elliott Smith cant band knows 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. Elliott Smith records girlfriend song The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun. Elliott Smith filters band fun It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years. Elliott Smith drug-use two years I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear. Elliott Smith cities faces people I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience. Elliott Smith mississippi floats parades I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it? Elliott Smith drug-use drug use I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records. Elliott Smith records want long 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. Elliott Smith drug important thinking Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating. Elliott Smith chaos drag cheating 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. Elliott Smith teenager song thinking I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything. Elliott Smith oscars thinking
