Quote #7

'If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.'

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  1. What we need are some dancers. Or maybe...answers? does anybody have any answers?'
  2. '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 …
  3. 'I hope that Dreamworks can sell enough records that they're happy - so I don't get dropped.'
  4. '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.'
  5. 'I don't intend to write depressing songs and I'd probably rather write happy ones'
  6. 'Here's a song I made up while I was watching Xena the Warrior Princess with the sound off. It's a fact. I had a secret crush on Xena. It w…
  7. '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…
  8. 'Playing it safe is the most popular way to fail.'

All Elliott Smith quotes