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Elliott Smith quotes about thinking

American Musician August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003

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Everybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you don't think, 'Godfathers of Punk.' You just think, 'This sounds great.' The tags are there in order to help try to sell something by giving it a name that's going to stick in somebody's memory. But it doesn't describe it. So 'depressing' isn't a word I would use to describe my music. But there is some sadness in it -- there has to be, so that the happiness in it will matter. Elliott Smith
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
I like home recordings and studio recordings just as much as each other - I don't think one is better - but for this record I wanted to see what I could do in a real studio with real producers. Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith quote: "I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting..."
I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do. Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith quote: "I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything."
I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything. Elliott Smith
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. Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith quote: "I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records."
I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records. Elliott Smith

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