Quote #4
'I don't intend to write depressing songs and I'd probably rather write happy ones'
More from Elliott Smith
- '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…
- 'I hope that Dreamworks can sell enough records that they're happy - so I don't get dropped.'
- [when asked about cigarettes] 'I don't recommend them... but I smoke them.' - seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=nJN1wdDUpDg
- What we need are some dancers. Or maybe...answers? does anybody have any answers?'
- 'I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready.' - in Strange Parallel
- 'If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.'
- '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 …
- '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.'