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'I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready.' - in Strange Parallel

More from Elliott Smith

  1. [when asked about cigarettes] 'I don't recommend them... but I smoke them.' - seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=nJN1wdDUpDg
  2. 'Everybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you don't think, 'Godfathers of Punk.' You just think, 'This sounds gr…
  3. 'I don't intend to write depressing songs and I'd probably rather write happy ones'
  4. 'I hope that Dreamworks can sell enough records that they're happy - so I don't get dropped.'
  5. What we need are some dancers. Or maybe...answers? does anybody have any answers?'
  6. 'If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.'
  7. 'Sometimes people seem to think that my songs are more personal than somebody else's and I don't really think that's true. Y'know, I think …
  8. '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.'

All Elliott Smith quotes