Elliott Smith

“I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.”

“I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.”

“I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.”

“I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.”

“It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.”

“I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?”

“My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked.”

“I mean people just have a way of - y'know they'll review your record in two sentences and put you in this little stupid box that you don't want to be in.”

“I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.”

“I didn't know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.”