Quote #5

'I hope that Dreamworks can sell enough records that they're happy - so I don't get dropped.'

More from Elliott Smith

  1. 'I don't intend to write depressing songs and I'd probably rather write happy ones'
  2. What we need are some dancers. Or maybe...answers? does anybody have any answers?'
  3. '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…
  4. 'If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.'
  5. [when asked about cigarettes] 'I don't recommend them... but I smoke them.' - seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=nJN1wdDUpDg
  6. '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 …
  7. 'I think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready.' - in Strange Parallel
  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